MULTI MISSION UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM (25.CAP.OP.033)

The key objective of the project is to support the development of a fixed-wing Multi Mission Unmanned Aircraft System (M2UAS), capable of performing different types of mission depending on its configuration and/or payloads. This M2UAS concept shall include the feasibility of the different operational capabilities envisaged for the UAS platform …

CPV: 73400000 Forschung und Entwicklung für Sicherheits- und Verteidigungsgüter, 73000000 Forschungs- und Entwicklungsdienste und zugehörige Beratung, 73425000 Entwicklung von Militärflugzeugen, Raketen und Raumfahrzeugen
Frist:
9. Oktober 2025 17:00
Art der Frist:
Angebotsabgabe
Ausführungsort:
MULTI MISSION UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM (25.CAP.OP.033)
Vergabestelle:
European Defence Agency
Vergabenummer:
EDA/2025/OP/0013

1. Buyer

1.1 Buyer

Official name : European Defence Agency
Legal type of the buyer : EU institution, body or agency
Activity of the contracting authority : General public services

2. Procedure

2.1 Procedure

Title : MULTI MISSION UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM (25.CAP.OP.033)
Description : The key objective of the project is to support the development of a fixed-wing Multi Mission Unmanned Aircraft System (M2UAS), capable of performing different types of mission depending on its configuration and/or payloads. This M2UAS concept shall include the feasibility of the different operational capabilities envisaged for the UAS platform (C4ISTAR, ALE , EW, AAR) with a phased approach. The project shall be conceived under a Concept Development and Experimentation (CD&E) approach to prove the concept with different scenarios, and may include system and sub-systems demonstrators. The General Objective is further detailed with the following specific objectives (SO): SO1. Describing the possible conceptual approach and minimum mission requirements for the development of M2UAS, with an initial focus on persistent category (long-endurance missions, platforms, systems and weapons), including fully autonomous systems. SO2. Identifying and analysing technology challenges related to the development of a M2UAS for military purposes, deriving from existing and envisaged platforms and related capabilities. SO3. Detecting the limiting factors for a common UAS platform with different payloads and the levels of effectiveness on different types of missions, focussing on C4ISTAR tasks at operational level. SO4. Recommending principles of systems engineering/design with a focus on assuring the cost effectiveness of the M2UAS with the envisaged capabilities, including the “family concept” of M2UAS depending on the categories (tactical – persistent – penetrating). SO5. Describing the current capability landscape. SO6. Identifying potential collaborative opportunities at EU level, in order to develop M2UAS (e.g. collecting the body of work and needs of MS through workshops). SO7. Involving the Military UAS Operational end-users in the development of M2UAS, from the requirements to the operational experimentation. SO8. Supporting the development of European UAS technology, from the system to the subsystem levels, contributing to European technological superiority in the UAS domain. Presently, it is foreseen to have four specific contracts related to four steps. SC2, SC3 and SC4 themes are merely indicative and might be changed: - SC2 – Building on the results of EDA project FS2CATI-1, this will aim at supporting the development of a concept of operation and operational requirements for a medium size Cargo Drone capability, based on VTOL technologies. - SC3 - Based on the M2UAS concept, this will aim at enabling the capability to deliver Air launched weapons as well as developing EW capability on the same platform. - SC4 - This will concentrate on capability development in the field of automated AAR, based on the M2UAS concept.
Procedure identifier : 387d0179-f9fa-4ec5-be3f-9d25caaa3225
Internal identifier : EDA/2025/OP/0013
Type of procedure : Open
The procedure is accelerated : no

2.1.1 Purpose

Main nature of the contract : Services
Main classification ( cpv ): 73400000 Research and Development services on security and defence materials

2.1.2 Place of performance

Anywhere
Additional information : Please consult the procurement documents.

2.1.3 Value

Estimated value excluding VAT : 1 100 000 Euro

2.1.4 General information

Additional information : In case of unavailability or disruptions in the functioning of the electronic means of communication provided in Section 5.1.11 in the last 5 calendar days before the time limit for receipt indicated in Section 5.1.12, the contracting authority reserves the right to extend this time limit and publish the extension at the Internet address provided in Section 5.1.11, without a preceding publication of a corrigendum to this notice. Economic operators interested in this procurement are invited to subscribe to the call for tenders at the address in Section 5.1.11 in order to get notified when new information or documents are published.
Legal basis :
Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509

5. Lot

5.1 Lot technical ID : LOT-0001

Title : MULTI MISSION UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM (25.CAP.OP.033)
Description : The key objective of the project is to support the development of a fixed-wing Multi Mission Unmanned Aircraft System (M2UAS), capable of performing different types of mission depending on its configuration and/or payloads. This M2UAS concept shall include the feasibility of the different operational capabilities envisaged for the UAS platform (C4ISTAR, ALE , EW, AAR) with a phased approach. The project shall be conceived under a Concept Development and Experimentation (CD&E) approach to prove the concept with different scenarios, and may include system and sub-systems demonstrators. The General Objective is further detailed with the following specific objectives (SO): SO1. Describing the possible conceptual approach and minimum mission requirements for the development of M2UAS, with an initial focus on persistent category (long-endurance missions, platforms, systems and weapons), including fully autonomous systems. SO2. Identifying and analysing technology challenges related to the development of a M2UAS for military purposes, deriving from existing and envisaged platforms and related capabilities. SO3. Detecting the limiting factors for a common UAS platform with different payloads and the levels of effectiveness on different types of missions, focussing on C4ISTAR tasks at operational level. SO4. Recommending principles of systems engineering/design with a focus on assuring the cost effectiveness of the M2UAS with the envisaged capabilities, including the “family concept” of M2UAS depending on the categories (tactical – persistent – penetrating). SO5. Describing the current capability landscape. SO6. Identifying potential collaborative opportunities at EU level, in order to develop M2UAS (e.g. collecting the body of work and needs of MS through workshops). SO7. Involving the Military UAS Operational end-users in the development of M2UAS, from the requirements to the operational experimentation. SO8. Supporting the development of European UAS technology, from the system to the subsystem levels, contributing to European technological superiority in the UAS domain. Presently, it is foreseen to have four specific contracts related to four steps. SC2, SC3 and SC4 themes are merely indicative and might be changed: - SC2 – Building on the results of EDA project FS2CATI-1, this will aim at supporting the development of a concept of operation and operational requirements for a medium size Cargo Drone capability, based on VTOL technologies. - SC3 - Based on the M2UAS concept, this will aim at enabling the capability to deliver Air launched weapons as well as developing EW capability on the same platform. - SC4 - This will concentrate on capability development in the field of automated AAR, based on the M2UAS concept.
Internal identifier : EDA/2025/OP/0013

5.1.1 Purpose

Main nature of the contract : Services
Main classification ( cpv ): 73400000 Research and Development services on security and defence materials
Additional classification ( cpv ): 73000000 Research and development services and related consultancy services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 73425000 Development of military aircrafts, missiles and spacecrafts

5.1.2 Place of performance

Anywhere
Additional information : Please consult the procurement documents.

5.1.3 Estimated duration

Duration : 48 Month

5.1.5 Value

Estimated value excluding VAT : 1 100 000 Euro

5.1.6 General information

Reserved participation : Participation is not reserved.
Procurement Project fully or partially financed with EU Funds.
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) : no

5.1.10 Award criteria

Criterion :
Type : Quality
Description : Please consult the procurement documents.
Category of award threshold criterion : Weight (percentage, exact)
Award criterion number : 70
Criterion :
Type : Price
Description : Please consult the procurement documents.
Category of award threshold criterion : Weight (percentage, exact)
Award criterion number : 30

5.1.11 Procurement documents

5.1.12 Terms of procurement

Terms of submission :
Electronic submission : Required
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted : Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Finnish, French, Irish, Croatian, Hungarian, Italian, Lithuanian, Latvian, Maltese, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Swedish
Electronic catalogue : Not allowed
Deadline for receipt of tenders : 09/10/2025 17:00 +02:00
Deadline until which the tender must remain valid : 6 Month
Information about public opening :
Opening date : 10/10/2025 11:00 +02:00
Terms of contract :
The execution of the contract must be performed within the framework of sheltered employment programmes : No
Electronic invoicing : Allowed
Electronic ordering will be used : yes
Electronic payment will be used : yes

5.1.15 Techniques

Framework agreement :
Framework agreement, without reopening of competition
Maximum number of participants : 1
Information about the dynamic purchasing system :
No dynamic purchase system

5.1.16 Further information, mediation and review

Review organisation : Court of Justice of the European Union
Organisation providing more information on the review procedures : European Defence Agency

8. Organisations

8.1 ORG-0001

Official name : European Defence Agency
Registration number : EDA
Department : EDA.CEO - Chief Executive Office,EDA.CEO.CSD - Corporate Services Directorate,EDA.CEO.CSD.3 - Procurement and Contract Unit
Postal address : Rue des Drapiers/Lakenweversstraat 17-23
Town : Brussels
Postcode : B-1050
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad ( BE100 )
Country : Belgium
Telephone : +32 2 504 28 00
Internet address : https://eda.europa.eu/
Roles of this organisation :
Buyer
Organisation providing more information on the review procedures

8.1 ORG-0002

Official name : Court of Justice of the European Union
Registration number : CURIA
Postal address : Rue du Fort Niedergrünewald
Town : Luxembourg
Postcode : L-2925
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Luxembourg ( LU000 )
Country : Luxembourg
Telephone : +352 4303-1
Internet address : http://curia.europa.eu
Roles of this organisation :
Review organisation

8.1 ORG-0003

Official name : European Commission
Registration number : EUCOM
Postal address : Mondrian (CDMA), Rue du Champ de Mars 21
Town : Brussels
Postcode : B-1050
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad ( BE100 )
Country : Belgium
Telephone : +32 2 299 11 11
Roles of this organisation :
TED eSender

Notice information

Notice identifier/version : 85b0337c-1383-4704-a30b-3ba47bbbe512 - 01
Form type : Competition
Notice type : Contract or concession notice – standard regime
Notice dispatch date : 13/08/2025 18:08 +02:00
Languages in which this notice is officially available : English
Notice publication number : 00536531-2025
OJ S issue number : 156/2025
Publication date : 18/08/2025