Unmanned systems and counter-unmanned systems

European Commission DG DEFIS (EDF, EUDIS) · the publisher calls it «Research funding»

This is an open EU grant call (EUR 80 million indicative budget, 2 to 10 million per project) to fund industrial reinforcement of unmanned, counter-unmanned and EW-resilient UxS production lines in Member States and Ukraine. The portal deadline is 16 February 2027; eligibility rules are in the call document section 6, which is not in the text provided. (machine-written summary)

Deadline

16 Feb 2027 (time: see source)

Source text: «Deadline (Funding & Tenders portal data field): 16 February 2027»

The source gives no time zone; the publisher’s local time is assumed.

Programme

European Defence Fund (EDF)

Round

2nd call

References

EDF-EDIP-USI-2027-LS-IRA-CUXS

What is needed

This topic aims to reinforce (counter-)UxSs readiness and a sovereign UxSs component base by enabling the rapid industrial reinforcement of Member States and Ukraine for key defence product (including subcomponents) production lines:

How to respond

Proposals shall implement Industrial Reinforcement Actions, in line with Regulation (EU) 2025/2643, targeting the specific defence product and production capacities listed under

Access

Norwegian suppliers: not stated — check the access terms

Membership required

Not stated

Funding

Not stated

Source text: «Industrial Reinforcement Actions (USI IRA) are managed as lump sum contributions on the basis of an estimated project budget where the activities will be reimbursed at the funding rate that applies to USI Industrial Reinforcement Actions (100%).»

Last checked against the source 2026-10-10.