Enhanced medium-size semi-autonomous surface vessels
Funds a contractor to design and prototype a fast, semi-autonomous coastal-defence surface vessel.
Enhanced medium-size semi-autonomous surface vessels is a European Defence Fund development action that funds a contractor to design and prototype a universal, fast-moving semi-autonomous surface vessel for littoral coastal-defence and future naval-warfare roles, able to swap mission modules between them. It follows on from the earlier EDF-2022-DA-NAVAL-MSAS topic, pushing new prototyping, testing…
The Commission wants a universal, fast-moving semi-autonomous surface vessel platform built for littoral conditions, able to swap mission modules for different coastal-defence and future naval-warfare roles. It follows on from the earlier EDF-2022-DA-NAVAL-MSAS topic, revisiting the concept and design work already done and pushing new prototyping, testing and qualification for the platform, its autonomy package and its mission modules.
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