Modelling & simulation supported AI framework for military decision-making and training
Pays up to EUR 8 million per proposal to build an AI framework for military simulation, war-gaming and decision-making training.
This is a European Defence Fund Research Action delivered through an actual-cost grant, in the EDF-2026-RA call alongside six other topics that share a EUR 110 million call-level budget line, while this specific topic carries its own EUR 16 million indicative allocation. Beyond its defence purpose, the topic is also counted toward the EU's Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform (STEP) objectiv…
The Commission wants a feasibility study for an AI framework that supports future tactical-intelligence work by combining military simulation capability, historical data sets, scenario and benchmark databases, doctrinal models and outputs from earlier AI services. It's after a common simulation framework that could power war games and combat simulations and improve AI-enabled mission planning, execution and learning support.
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