Unmanned systems and counter-unmanned systems

This topic is registered in the EU Funding & Tenders Portal under identifier EDF-EDIP-USI-2027-LS-IRA-CUXS, as part of the European Defence Fund (EDF) programme, within call EDF-EDIP-USI-2027-LS-IRA — "2nd call for proposals for industrial reinforcement actions under the Ukraine Support Instrument".

The snapshot records: published on 2026-03-31; planned opening date 2026-06-17; deadline 2027-02-16; status recorded in the snapshot as Forthcoming (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-EDIP-USI-2027-LS-IRA-CUXS. 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.