Unmanned systems and counter-unmanned systems

¿De qué trata esta convocatoria?

The topic funds industrial reinforcement actions that scale up production of unmanned and counter-unmanned systems in Member States and Ukraine. It aims at timely supply of these defence products in Ukraine.

¿Qué financia esta convocatoria?

Scope

Under the Ukraine Support Instrument, the topic funds industrial reinforcement actions that scale up production of unmanned systems and counter-unmanned systems in Member States and Ukraine, to ensure timely supply of these defence products in Ukraine.

Targeted production lines

• unmanned systems, including FPV variants, modular payloads, relay variants and interceptor drones
• unmanned systems resilient to electronic warfare, including fibre-optic controlled variants
• counter-unmanned systems and supporting electronic warfare systems

Forms of cross-border industrial set-up

• joint EU-Ukraine production lines
• reinforcement of specific production and enablement capacity
• scale-up of Ukrainian systems and ready-to-use production lines
• manufacturing as a service
• conversion of dual-use heavy industry for defence surge

Optional protection work package

Applicants may add a dedicated work package to reinforce the physical and cyber protection of the targeted production capacity, including against drone-enabled threats. It may cover threat assessment, procurement, installation and initial integration of counter-drone site protection and cyber protection of production networks, including EU cybersecurity certification of products used, acceptance testing and connection to national or European security systems.

Expected outcomes

Sustained increase in production capacity in Ukraine, shorter lead times, more reliable deliveries and effective EU-Ukraine industrial cooperation, tracked through KPIs defined in the proposal.

¿Cuándo termina el plazo?

16 de febrero de 2027 (102 días)

16 February 2027