Expected Impact:
The outcome must contribute to:
- Reduce dependencies on non-European suppliers by boosting the EDTIB and promoting the development of a European solution.
- Improving the armed forces autonomy, resilience, interoperability and capabilities in operations to support the growing needs of electrical energy for the weapons systems in the battlefield,
- A decrease in the total costs of ownership of deployed capacities and supporting the growing needs of electrical energy for the weapons systems in the battlefield,
- Enhancing the competitiveness and innovation capacity of the EU defence industry in the area of new energies,
- Completing the global European strategy for renewable and sustainable energy, hence tackling the climate change,
- Adapting to civilian sustainable energy technology, military requirements and develop European standards,
- Improving the logistics processes and the ability to perform effective maintenance.
The future battlefield is likely to be dominated by weapon systems, platforms and devices that require electric energy. This type of battlefield, previously purely oil-based from cradle to grave, to integrate energy management technologies, buffer storage resources and a camp/weapon system interface in a constrained and contested tactical environment, is in need of a comprehensive review of its energy production and distribution. It requires the implementation of a coherent and efficient energy network, from the energy production
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