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Risk, robustness and resilience for autonomous vehicles in military operations

Funds research into automated cyber-defence for military drones and autonomous vehicles that can detect, react to and recover from attacks.

This is a single-stage action funded as an EDF Lump Sum Grant, part of the spin-in EDF-2025-LS-RA-SI call, with an indicative 2025 budget of EUR 20,000,000 for this topic, labelled as contributing to the EU's STEP objectives. Funded research develops and validates tools to automate parts of the security-analysis process for these vehicles rather than shipping a finished product. Applications go th

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Each grant below is a distinct funding opportunity with its own eligibility, scope, and deliverables.