AI-based tactical situational awareness using swarms of small robots and drones – organisation of a technological challenge"

This topic is registered in the EU Funding & Tenders Portal under identifier EDF-2026-LS-RA-CHALLENGE-DIGIT-AISAO, as part of the European Defence Fund (EDF) programme, within call EDF-2026-LS-RA-CHALLENGE — "Research actions in the form of a technological challenge implemented via lump sum grants".

The snapshot records: published on 2026-01-22; planned opening date 2026-02-11; deadline 2026-09-29; status recorded in the snapshot as Open (snapshot dated 2026-05-28).

Registered action/grant types from the portal data: topicActions: EDF-LS (EDF Lump Sum Grants). topicMGAs: EDF-AG-LS (EDF Lump Sum Grant).

The authoritative call document is the PDF published on the topic's portal page at https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/EDF-2026-LS-RA-CHALLENGE-DIGIT-AISAO. Funding amounts, eligibility, evaluation criteria, and other binding details are stated there; this stub records only the portal metadata fields. A pass-2 agent will transcribe the call document specifics verbatim.