Motivation
Situation
Geopolitical events raised the importance of European sovereignty, security and autonomy when it comes to development of military platforms
Challenge
Advancements in structural technologies tend to remain in domain specific (air, sea, or land) or national silos
Consequence
Parallel development
Reduced commonality in fleet technologies
Inefficient use of resources to advance the structural technologies
Need
The European Union’s autonomy is being challenged daily and across all defence domains.
There is a need to modernise current defence systems to increase the durability of future platform designs.
The EU requires advanced technologies to strengthen its security and defence capability.
The MaJoR project aims to address this need by collaborative cross-domain development of innovative technologies for maintenance, joining and repair of multi-material structures across the Air, Sea and Land domains.
This can be achieved through the design, prototyping, testing, and qualification of candidate technologies using unique demonstrator platforms for each domain.
Objectives
01
To reduce the cost, weight, lead time, vehicle signature and increase the space efficiency and vehicle availability within the air, sea, and land domains.
These improvements are demonstrated on three prototype platforms (one for each domain), with variants to accommodate multiple functions and technologies (including outcomes of the Innovation Techwatch).
02
To develop enabling technologies from Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 3 to 6 and demonstrate on each domain platform representing the relevant testing environments
03
To establish an innovation Techwatch that searches for promising related technologies among small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and start-ups (including those from the civil market), provide mentoring and access to funding and facilities through the Open Call programme.