The Dutch Ministry of Defence is calling on industry to develop counter-uncrewed aerial systems solutions for the Counter Strike Drone Challenge.
Proposals must align with a clearly defined operational objective. “This means they’re not about a single product, but rather solutions that actually work in practice,” the Ministry says. These include, for example, new ways to spot, identify or disable drones.
The challenge focuses on neutralising an enemy drone as quickly as possible, even if it is in enemy territory.
It is hoped that the new challenge will help identify and deploy existing solutions in the market more quickly. The Ministry says it will offer long-term collaboration and partnerships to companies with the right solutions to enable joint development.
The challenge is being organised in collaboration with Defport, a public-private platform of the Ministries of Defence and Economic Affairs. Within Defport, government, industry, financial institutions and knowledge institutes collaborate intensively. They discuss, among other things, how to develop and finance innovative products more quickly.
The Ministry of Defence wants to further strengthen this collaboration. In addition to the challenge, the organisation is therefore opening ‘Mindbases’, where the Ministry of Defence and businesses can meet. The Ministry of Defence is also entering into a partnership agreement with the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO.nl) to make collaboration easier for businesses.
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