DEFRA NGCAT — Next Generation Combat Aircraft Technologies
Funds Belgian industrial companies developing next-generation combat aircraft and fighter-jet technologies under the NGWS/FCAS programme.
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BELSPO manages the Defence-related Research Action (DEFRA) on behalf of Belgium's Ministry of Defence and Royal Higher Institute for Defence (RHID). The NGCAT (Next Generation Combat Aircraft Technologies) call is a thematic call under DEFRA targeting Belgian industrial stakeholders to develop technologies relevant to next-generation air combat capabilities, specifically contributing to the German…
Next-generation combat aircraft technologies across four themes: advanced aircraft structures and subsystems, propulsion for next-gen fighters, communications/cyber/avionics/embedded sensors for air combat, and transversal enabling technologies (AI, advanced materials, IoT, additive manufacturing, digital twins, stealth, electro-mechanical actuators, variable cycle engines, military HMI).
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