Enhanced cognitive EW system with intelligent RESM CESM signal analysis
Funds a contractor to build an AI-driven electronic-warfare system that can detect and respond to threats faster than a human operator.
This is a single-stage European Defence Fund Development Action, one of eleven topics sharing an indicative EUR 422 million pool in the EDF-2026-DA call; this topic's own share is EUR 24 million. Work covers studies and design toward a cognitive electronic-warfare system that uses AI and machine learning to interpret data from multiple sensors and frequency bands, detect and respond to threats, an…
The Commission wants a more robust, cognitive electronic warfare (EW) system that uses AI and machine learning to detect, learn from and interact with a congested electromagnetic environment. It's after technology that interprets data from multiple sensors and frequency bands autonomously, automating threat detection, suppression and neutralisation to cut response time when qualified operators are scarce.
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