The outcome should contribute to:
- Improve EU sovereignty and autonomy of EU Member States' and EDF Associated Countries' Armed Forces when deployed in coalitions.
- Enhance C4ISR interoperability between EU Member States' and EDF Associated Countries' armed forces and other partner Nations.
- Reduce dependencies on non-EU suppliers by boosting the EDTIB and promoting the development of a EU solution.
- Europe's resilience and EU technological sovereignty.
The Multifunctional Information Distribution System (MIDS) is an indispensable C4ISR capability to facilitate international conflict prevention and crisis management in all phases of operations. EU Member States (MS) and EDF Associated Countries have already used various types of MIDS in recent operations to provide tactical Link 16 interoperability between their major platforms (e.g., fighters, frigates, etc.).
The EU commonly agreed EU defence objectives underline the need for C4ISR to enhance situational understanding, decision-making and coordination of forces and effects across land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace.
In the coming years, MIDS capability is threatened to fall totally under the control of non-EU manufacturers with MS relying on non-EU terminals to carry out their missions. Due to the sensitive nature of military operations and the restrictions on technology transfer that prevent MS and EDF Associated Countries from adapting the MIDS terminal to
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