
On February 11th, the majority of 36 planned calls for EDF 2026 Program has been published at the EU Funding and Tender Portal
The list of calls:
| Nr. | Call title | Call action type |
| 1 | AI-based tactical situational awareness using swarms of small robots and drones – organisation of a technological challenge”EDF-2026-LS-RA-CHALLENGE-DIGIT-AISAO | Research Action |
| 2 | AI-based tactical situational awareness using swarms of small robots and drones – participation in a technological challenge”EDF-2026-LS-RA-CHALLENGE-DIGIT-AISAP-STEP | Research Action |
| 3 | Autonomous and automatic air-to-air refuellingEDF-2026-RA-AIR-A4R | Research Action |
| 4 | CBRN decontamination systems and technologiesEDF-2026-RA-MCBRN-DST | Research Action |
| 5 | Development and validation of models predicting flow-related underwater noiseEDF-2026-RA-UWW-FUWN | Research Action |
| 6 | Future multirole light aircraftEDF-2026-RA-PROTMOB-FMLA | Research Action |
| 7 | Layered critical seabed infrastructure protectionEDF-2026-RA-SI-UWW-CSBI-STEP | Research Action |
| 8 | Modelling & simulation supported AI framework for military decision-making and trainingEDF-2026-RA-SIMTRAIN-MSAI | Research Action |
| 9 | Multidomain sensors demonstrator and testEDF-2026-RA-SENS-MSDT | Research Action |
| 10 | New turbofan engineEDF-2026-LS-RA-SI-ENERENV-NTFE | Research Action |
| 11 | Quantum secured tactical networksEDF-2026-RA-CYBER-QSTN | Research Action |
| 12 | Smart and multifunctional textilesEDF-2026-DA-MATCOMP-SMT-STEP | Development Action |
| 13 | Ammunition Waste Collection and Disposal Unmanned PlatformEDF-2026-DA-ENERENV-AWC-STEP | Development Action |
| 14 | EDF-2023-DA-MATCOMP-MJR-CBDIN MaJoR Grant Agreement 101167891 – CASCADE FUNDING OPEN CALL 1MaJoR | Development Action |
| 15 | Enhanced cognitive EW system with intelligent RESM CESM signal analysisEDF-2026-DA-SENS-CEW-STEP | Development Action |
| 16 | Enhanced medium-size semi-autonomous surface vesselsEDF-2026-DA-NAVAL-EMSAS | Development Action |
| 17 | Future main battle tank platform systemsEDF-2026-DA-GROUND-MBT | Development Action |
| 18 | High-end endo-atmospheric interceptionEDF-2026-DA-ACC-AIRDEF-EATMI | Development Action |
| 19 | High-performance energy systemsEDF-2026-DA-ENERENV-HPES-STEP | Development Action |
| 20 | Integration of Galileo PRS receivers on weapon systems and NAVWAR operational centres in military C2EDF-2026-DA-SPACE-PRS-STEP | Development Action |
| 21 | Military multi-domain operations cloud servicesEDF-2026-DA-EXP-DIGIT-MDOC-STEP | Development Action |
| 22 | Multiple rocket launcherEDF-2026-DA-GROUND-MRL | Development Action |
| 23 | New abilities in over-the-horizon sensingEDF-2026-LS-DA-DIS-OTHR | Development Action |
| 24 | Non-thematic development actions by SMEsEDF-2026-LS-DA-SME-NT | Development Action |
| 25 | Secure digital military mobility systemEDF-2026-DA-PROTMOB-DMM | Development Action |
| 26 | Self-protection systemsEDF-2026-DA-AIR-SPS | Development Action |
| 27 | Smart technologies for next generation fighter systemsEDF-2026-DA-AIR-STFS | Development Action |
Majority of the currently opened calls are open until 29th September 2026. but please subscribe and check for call updates on the portal regularly.
Please read the instructions of each call carefully. The F&T portal includes many templates and tutorials as well as Partner search tools, so please take advantage of all the tools and prepare your applications on time.