ACİL ORTAK ARAYIŞI! Letonya merkezli bir KOBİ, güvenli savunma veri alışverişi ve komuta-kontrol birlikte çalışabilirliği odaklı Avrupa Savunma Fonu (EDF) geliştirme projesi için acil olarak Avrupa ortakları arıyor.

Letonyalı bir yazılım KOBİ'si, Avrupa Savunma Fonu geliştirme projesine katılmak için bağımsız Avrupa KOBİ ortakları arıyor. Proje, askeri komuta, kontrol ve bilgi ortamları için güvenli ve dayanıklı bir savunma veri değişim ve yönetim platformunu geliştirecek, entegre edecek ve doğrulayacaktır; bu, zayıf bağlantı koşullarını da içermektedir. Siber güvenlik, birlikte çalışabilirlik, dağıtık sistemler, sistem entegrasyonu, test ve doğrulama konularında uzmanlık aranmaktadır.

VITA-DDS aims to develop a secure and resilient defence data exchange and management platform for military command, control, communications, computers and intelligence (C3I/C4I) environments. It will enable controlled, auditable and resilient information exchange between heterogeneous command-and-control, intelligence, analytical, AI-enabled and other defence information systems. The project builds on an existing civilian/dual-use technological base that will be further developed specifically for defence use. Planned capabilities include fine-grained Need-to-Know/Mission-Need access control, Zero Trust-based identity and trust management, distributed/federated data management, resilient and resumable synchronisation in disconnected, intermittent and limited-bandwidth (DIL) environments, auditable data usage, secure integration with AI and analytical systems, and interoperability in national and multinational C3I/C4I environments. The Latvian SME intends to coordinate the project and contribute the core data management and exchange architecture, software development and overall technical integration. International cooperation is sought to combine complementary technical capabilities from independent SMEs established in different eligible EDF countries. The selected partners will participate as consortium beneficiaries, take responsibility for defined technical tasks or work packages, integrate their technologies or expertise with the core platform, and jointly contribute to system integration, testing and validation. The consortium is currently being completed. Due to the European Commission submission deadline of 29 September 2026, immediate expressions of interest are requested. Project-specific foreground IP and access rights will be defined in the consortium agreement.

The selected SME will participate as a full consortium beneficiary and take responsibility for a clearly defined technical task or work package. Depending on the partner's capabilities, its contribution may include integration of a cybersecurity, identity-management, interoperability or distributed-system component, system integration, testing, validation or demonstration. The partner will contribute to technical development and provide the organisational and technical information required for preparation of the EDF proposal. Previous experience in EDF, Horizon Europe or other European defence/security programmes, cooperation with Ministries of Defence or Armed Forces, and access to relevant defence testing environments would be particularly valuable. Due to the short submission timeline, the partner should be able to make a rapid participation decision and, where required for the proposed project activities, promptly engage with its national Ministry of Defence or other competent defence authority regarding the necessary EDF Member State support documentation.