The EXCEED consortium has summarised the technical targets of its use cases in three factsheets:
The tactical systems factsheet is now available for download.
Read more at: https://www.exceed-padr.eu/tactical-systems-use-cases-factsheet-now-available-for-download/
The second e-newsletter issue of our project is out! This issue covers the period from February 2022 until June 2022 and presents to the reader the UxS Interoperabillity workshops that the INTERACT PADR team organized in Stockholm (Sweden) and Athens (Greece), the communication synergies established with CROWN PADR and EXCEED PADR projects as well as the related activities performed. Morever, a study made by the European Defence Agency in Risk Assessment, Aviation Safety & Test Flights is featured in Defence Research section.
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The 3rd Workshop on UxS Interoperability was held on 28th – 29th June 2022 in Athens, Greece. The activity was supported by all INTERACT PADR partners and it was hosted by ICCS. In addition, our consortium was honored of EDA Project Officer presence who attended the workshop and provided valuable feedback on the topic.
During those two days, the consortium had the opportunity to meet again physically and have fruitful discussions on UxS Interoperability aspects. A warm thank you to all partners for their active participation.
📢Cross communication activities with our synergy 🤝projects continue!! Our project is featured at EXCEED PADR project’s website at section “Synergies”. It includes a brief description of INTERACT PADR and its offered solution as well as a reference to INTERACT’s website (URL)
Brussels, 1 June 2022. “We must invest more in defence and make up for years of budget cuts and underinvestment. The message is clear: we need to reduce fragmentation and invest more together, starting now”, said High Representative/Head of the European Defence Agency, Josep Borrell, during the first European Defence Innovation Day – organised by the European Defence Agency under the auspices of the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union.
The event displayed how greater investment and cooperation in defence innovation is crucial to maintain and drive European technological sovereignty.
A first for the European Defence Innovation Hub (HEDI)
The Defence Innovation Day marks the official launch – and first activity – of the Hub for European Defence Innovation (HEDI) which was established within EDA following a decision by Member States’ Defence Ministers on 17 May. The launch of HEDI is not only an important first delivery of the Strategic Compass, but also a crucial step towards a more innovative European defence.
The Head of Agency, Josep Borrell said: “EDA certainly has a key role to play in defence innovation. It has been dealing with innovation since its creation in 2004. And it has already delivered. Successful examples include projects on drone swarms; technologies for electromagnetic railguns; or new clean energy technologies to lower the carbon footprint and decrease energy dependencies in the defence sector. These are all initiatives developed at EDA”.
Speaking at the opening of the event, EDA Chief Executive, Jiri Šedivý said: “The creation of the Hub for European Defence Innovation in EDA is an additional sign that Member States are ready to take European defence innovation to the next level, in cooperation with the European Commission but also with NATO”.
Showcasing European Excellence in Innovation
The European Defence Innovation Day also extended to an exhibition highlighting cutting-edge defence innovations developed at national and European level. The exhibition gathered innovators from 19 Member States and 9 developed within the framework of the European Defence Agency. “I’m proud” of EDA’s work on innovation so far, “but we have to do more”, the Head of the Agency Josep Borrell said, insisting on a close cooperation with the European Commission and its European Defence Fund (EDF), as well as with NATO “because we have the same purpose”.
The event gathered defence experts and innovators from EU institutions, Member States’ Defence Ministries, armed forces and innovation agencies, NATO, media, research institutes, industry and academia. A summary of the discussions during the event are available here.
Event summary : First European Defence Innovation Day marks launch of HEDI (europa.eu)
Press release: Hub for EU Defence Innovation Established within EDA (europa.eu)
If you are visiting Eurosatory 2022 on 13th – 17th June, 2022, and you are interested in topics of land, and air-land defense and security the CROWN PADR Project, will be glad to meet you at the exhibit in Paris Nord, France.
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The first European Defence Innovation Day organised by the European Defence Agency under the auspices of the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union, takes places on May 31st, 2022.
This conference and exhibition provide a timely opportunity to further ignite innovation in European defence and maximise synergies between civilian innovation and defence. A high-level conference will be coupled with a dedicated exhibition which will showcase and demonstrate European excellence in defence innovation.
The first European Defence Innovation Day will take place on Tuesday, 31 May 2022 in Brussels and online.
You can join online for this high-level event focused on driving European excellence in defence innovation with speakers from EDA, French Ministry for the Armed Forces, Defence Innovation Agency – France, NATO, European Commission, Saab, TNO, and the University of Cologne. The event will be closed by Josep Borrell, HR/VP and Head of the European Defence Agency.
The full agenda for the event can be found here, to register simply fill out this registration form. Registrations for this online event must close on Monday 30th at 09:00.
European Defence Agency (EDA) has published the results of its study in assessment, aviation safety & test flights. It delivers final recommendations for accommodation of large military drones in civil air traffic
EDA’s work in support of the accommodation and integration of large military Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS, or drones) in civil air traffic in non-segregated airspace has just reached a significant milestone when the Agency delivered to its Member States the final findings and recommendations of its study on the ‘Accommodation of MALE-type RPAS: scenarios and safety case’ ordered in 2019.
You can read more on EDA’s website at: https://eda.europa.eu/news-and-events/spotlight/eda-delivers-final-recommendations-for-accommodation-of-large-military-drones-in-civil-air-traffic
The 2nd Workshop on UxS Interoperability took place in hybrid format on 3rd-4th May 2022 in Stockholm, Sweden. It was hosted by FOI partners and the consortium team had the opportunity to meet and further elaborate UxS Interoperability aspects. A warm thank you to all partners for their active participation.
The INTERACT PADR project team further expands its network by establishing a communication collaboration (synergy) with the EXCEED PADR project. In the frame of this collaboration, cross communication activities will be made aiming to promote both projects’ news and results to a wider audience of experts and stakeholders.
EXCEED stands for trustEd and fleXible system-on-Chip for EuropEan Defence applications. The project aims at paving the way for a trusted European supply chain of reconfigurable, flexible and trustable programmable system-on-a-chip family targeting a number of ruggedized and secure defence applications such as for radio frequency (RF) sensors and signal processing arrays, flexible radios, secure positioning and navigation, UAV data links, military networks, flexible cryptography engines, dismounted soldier, guidance and mission critical controllers.
The security of the System-on-chip architecture is studied in detail to cope with Classified information and defence specificities as well as country-specific requirements, through protection, personalisation and life-cycle management. The project also focuses on System Development Tools. The secure chip is fabricated in a trusted environment in Europe. The demonstrator chip will be a mid-scale member of the family.
The consortium encompasses a total of 19 participants from 6 EU countries and Norway. The project, which has a duration of 36 months, starting 1st of November 2020, will receive an EU grant of roughly €12 million.
Project’s website: www.exceed-padr.eu
EXCEED LinkedIn page: www.linkedin.com/company/exceed-padr/
EXCEED Poster: Download Here
