Expected Impact:
The outcome should contribute to:
- Fill the majority of technology gaps identified in the "Overarching Strategic Research Agenda" concerning the armoured vehicles domain;
- Reduce, through commonality and mass production, the acquisition and lifecycle costs and create employment in each MS;
- Remove dependency from non-EU technologies and products;
- Reinforce interoperability of EU MS Armed Forces;
- Reduce the logistic footprint and costs of EU Missions and Operations aiming at the implementation of infologistic systems;
- Competitiveness, efficiency and innovation capacity of the European defence technological and industrial base, as expected long-term effects enabled by the supported action;
- A common understanding and knowledge of technological basis as input to subsequent high level requirement analysis for next generation AIFV systems;
- Contribute to the defence and security interests of the EU and its Member States;
- Contribute to the EU strategic autonomy level of ambition;
- Contribute to Europe's resilience and European technological sovereignty;
- Contribute to European industrial autonomy;
- Contribute to excellence with the demonstration of a significant advantage over existing products or technologies.
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