The European Commission last week announced over €1 billion in funding for 54 additional defence projects through the European Defence Fund, bringing the total EU budgetary investments to more than €3 billion ($3.3BN) in collaborative defence R&D projects since the start of the EDF Regulation in May 2021. This new round includes over €71 Million ($77 Million) for European Counter-UAS (E-CUAS).
E-CUAS aims to develop solutions to counter unmanned aerial systems including technologies such as passive and active sensors, soft kill and hard kill effector technologies and others.
E-CUAS is a project aiming to develop counter unmanned aerial systems (CUAS) solutions for countering class I unmanned aerial systems (UAS), including military-grade UAS, by integrating multiple technologies.The proposed solutions include passive and active sensors, soft kill and hard kill effector technologies, command and control capabilities, networking and communications infrastructure, cybersecurity, and interoperability data models.
The project is in continuity with the JEY-CUAS project and will study, harmonise, and consolidate concepts of operations, use cases, user needs, and operational requirements.
Members of the consortium members include Leonardo, Aertec, Delft Dynamics, Diehl Defence, Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace, MBDA, SAAB, Safran and Thales.
Source: Press Release