Smart technologies for next generation fighter systems
Pays a EUR 25 million share of this year's Defence Fund call to develop next-generation modular avionics architecture for a shared defence air cloud.
Smart technologies for next generation fighter systems is a European Defence Fund development action that puts a EUR 25 million share of the EDF-2026-DA call toward next-generation military integrated modular avionics — exploratory architectures, proofs of concept, demonstrations and prototypes usable across manned and unmanned aircraft connected through a shared defence air cloud. It is one of el…
The European Defence Fund wants exploratory architectures and key technologies, proofs of concept, demonstrations and prototypes, for next-generation military integrated modular avionics, usable across manned and unmanned military aircraft connected through a defence air cloud.
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