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Info day on the DEFRA call 2025
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LocationRoyal Military Academy
ProgrammesDEFRA Call 2025 – Join us on 22 January 2025!
The DEFRA Call 2025 has been announced, a flagship initiative advancing research and innovation for Belgium’s defence sector. The DEFRA programme (Defence-related Research Action) is a collaborative effort between the Royal Higher Institute for Defence (RHID) and the Federal Science Policy (BELSPO). This synergy aims to enhance Belgium’s technological and military capabilities to meet current and future security challenges.
DEFRA encourages the participation of the Belgian scientific community, fostering close collaboration among universities, research institutes, defence institutions and private companies. By integrating academia, industry and the Ministry of Defence, DEFRA seeks to stimulate applied research in critical areas vital to national security.
Themes of the DEFRA Call 2025
For the 2025 edition, the call will focus on nine strategic themes:
- AI in support for Operations
- Cyber: Security of cryptographic (hardware and software) implementation
- Medical Casualty Evacuation
- Demining Technologies
- Biotechnologies and Human Enhancement/Augmentation (BHEA)
- Sensor Technologies
- Critical Maritime Infrastructure Protection
- Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems (C-UAS)
- Open Call: Research in any defence-relevant fields, including technological and human factors
Since its inception, the DEFRA programme has supported numerous innovative projects. Notable examples include research on software cyber resilience (2023), green technologies for military use (2022) and radar and multi-sensor systems (2023).
Don’t miss this opportunity to contribute to the defence and security of our country by participating in the DEFRA Info Day Call 2025 on 22 January 2025, in Brussels at the Royal Military Academy (RMA).
Pre-registration is required before 15 January 2025. No registrations will be accepted after this date.
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Miricle - Mine Risk Clearance for Europe
The Miricle project, ‘Mine Risk Clearance for Europe’, obtained funding under the European Defence Industrial Development programme call ‘Underwater control contributing to resilience at sea’. The main objective of the project was to achieve a European and sovereign capacity in future mine warfare and create a path for the next generation ‘made in Europe’ countermeasure solutions. In order to realise this objective, Miricle addressed various stages: studies, design, prototyping and testing. These stages inter alia included the successful testing of an XL Unmanned Underwater Vehicle, a protototyped mine disposal system and multiple innovative systems to detect buried mines. Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), was one of the five Belgian partners in the consortium. Within the project, VLIZ was able to forward its research on the acoustic imaging of the seabed to spatially map and visualize buried structures and objects - in this case buried mines - in the highest possible detail. VLIZ also led the work on ‘Port and Offshore Testing’, building on the expertise of the institute in the field of marine operations and technology.
