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Space critical EEE components for EU non-dependence

Funder
European Commission · Horizon Europe
Award amount
€3,000,000 – €4,000,000
Deadline
January 20, 2028
Eligible countries
European Union, United Kingdom, Norway, Iceland, Switzerland, Israel, Global

Summary

Forthcoming EU call topic HORIZON-CL4-2027-SPACE-07-83 · HORIZON Research and Innovation Actions. Part of call HORIZON-CL4-2027-07: SPACE. Opens 2027-10-07; next deadline 2028-01-20. Topic page: https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/HORIZON-CL4-2027-SPACE-07-83

Expected Outcome: Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes: - Reinforcing EU strategic autonomy by reducing non-EU dependencies on critical space EEE components and related technologies across their entire supply chain; - Providing unrestricted access to critical space EEE components and related technologies relevant for EU space missions; - Developing or regaining capacity to operate independently in space by developing resilient space EEE components and related technologies supply chains, relying on EU supply chains and/or trustable and reliable supply chains not affected by non-EU export restrictions; - Enhancing competitiveness by developing products and capabilities reaching equivalent or superior performance level than those from outside the EU and compete at worldwide level; - Opening new opportunities for manufacturers by reducing dependency on non-EU export restricted technologies.

Scope: Unrestricted access to state-of-art space EEE components and related technologies is a pre-requisite for the EU space industry responding to EU space missions. However, especially for some families of components, the available solutions in EU do not meet the current high-performance space requirements. Currently, alternative products sourced from outside EU, are either affected by non-EU export control, that limits its use, or present challenges in terms of trustable supply chains for the implementation of EU space missions with a security dimension. Within the frame of this topic, it is expected to finance and implement development projects aiming at maturing critical space EEE components with the final goal…

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