DEFRA 6th Call — Defence-Related Research
Funds Belgian defence-related innovation in critical technology sectors to strengthen real-world implementation.
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The DEFRA 6th Call 2026 is Belgium's sixth Defence-Related Research Action, administered by the Belgian Science Policy Office (Belspo) subject to Council of Ministers approval, with a total budget of €26 million distributed across ten research themes. The ten themes are: Resilient Propulsion Technologies for Strategic Autonomy (€2M), Cyber — Advanced Data Management and Intelligence Concepts (€3M)…
Belgian federal defence-related research across ten themes — resilient propulsion, cyber and data intelligence, military medical logistics, biomanufacturing, smart energy, next-generation sensing, unmanned systems, conflict dynamics, communications technology, and an open defence research track.
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