The INTERACT project is featured at European Defence Agency (EDA) website on section Pilot Project and Preparatory Action on Defence Research. You can read more athttps://eda.europa.eu/what-we-do/all-activities/activities-search/pilot-project-and-preparatory-action-for-defence-research
The INTERACT project is featured at Europa.eu website at section “EU defence Agency”, subsection “Preparatory Action on Defence Research (PADR)”.
The Preparatory Action on Defence Research (PADR) is a precursor programme of the European Defence Fund (EDF). PADR funds 18 research projects that have been selected following calls for proposals in the years 2017 to 2019, including an open call on disruptive technologies to test this new research field in view of the future EDF.
PADR Objectives
- Demonstrate and assess added-value of EU supported defence R&T
- Foster cooperation between Member States and between EU defence industries, RTOs and academia
- Prepare the research window of the EDF from 2021 onwards
You can read more about PADR here,
More information around INTERACT project are provided by the Europa.eu website at the digital promotional material available here.
The 1st INTERACT press release was published on July 2nd, 2021 in order to introduce the project to the general public and announce its launch. You can read and download it here.
Nineteen project partners from eleven European countries (i.e. Germany, Netherlands, Greece, Sweden, Spain, Italy, France, Denmark, Lithuania, Romania, Poland) got together virtually on 21st of June 2021 in order to launch the INTERACT project. Project partners had the opportunity to provide an overview of Work Packages and outline the actions to be carried out per each one during the upcoming period.The INTERACT is a project funded by theEuropean Union’s Preparatory Action for Defence Research under grant agreement No. 884270with lifecycle of twenty-four months.