📋 Tender Overview
RUP funds high-risk applied research and experimental development and offers technology and business advice to entrepreneurs. Due to the situation in the world, the RUP application round, which focuses on defense topics, is now opened, where the amount of the grant is between EUR 250,000 and EUR 500,000.
The governments priority is both national defense and security as well as the competitiveness of the economy, the common denominator of which is the development of the Estonian defense industry. Development of the defense sector also requires the development of new and smart technologies in Estonia, which provides a strong and necessary impetus for both the necessary advice and financial support, said Minister of Economic Affairs. The Minister added that Estonian companies have the ability to develop technologies from drones and unmanned vehicles, ending with communication and cyber security solutions that are important to the Estonian Defense Forces. The experience and reference experience gained at home also allow you to export solutions to the power structures of partner countries.
Developing new generation defense technologies is risky and time consuming. Public support allows for risks to mitigate, to significantly accelerate development work and, if necessary, partners, including internationally, to involve better.
He added: Development support for the development of the development support is the first activities related to the thematic and important challenges of the Department of Applied Research. The application topics focus on the needs of the Estonian Defense Forces, the priorities of the Ministry of Defense and the capabilities of Estonian entrepreneurs.
RUP has supported defense and double -use technologies since its launch from 2021, when one of the first one started with Rupi, the company Rantelon, which focuses on developing drone control and detection solutions. In addition, the program has been supported by Cybexer Technologies, which focuses on the development of cyber exercise fields, and recently supported Frankenburg Technologies, which develops cost -effective anti -drone gun systems.
The statistics so far show that companies that have carried out applied research are successful - their productivity is 120% of the European Union average, and their turnover has increased more vigorous than businesses that are not engaged in development.
Sigrid Harjo, Member of the Management Board of EIS, added that companies still have opportunities for help in the field of defense: Rupi support is good for technology development, but EIS still offers investments through the SmartCap Defense Fund and allows access to high -level visits and fairs. It is possible to take important steps for the development of the sector.
Applying for support for defense projects is in two stages. The project must first be submitted by the applicants by June 7th. Projects, which have been positive from the RUP Commission, must be supplemented by July 7, where they will move to the second phase, the evaluation process, where the final beneficiaries of the support will be determined.
In addition to the Rupi application round, there is also a competition for the Ministry of Defense Development Development Projects until May 15, the winners of which can cooperate with the Defense Forces to actually test the developed technologies :.
The focus topics of the Rupi Defense For Proposals are as follows:
Drone technology solutions, cost -effective drone production technologies;
City -based electronic warfare (EW) defense solutions;
Battle systems development;
Solutions that increase the units situation;
Development of explosives and materials, shooting and battle production;
Deception tools (imitation equipment, electronic lure);
Tactical food and soldier equipment (including medicine);
Internal security solutions;
Unmanned vehicles;
Cyber security and software (eg simulation environments, communication).
The EIS Applied Research Department has advised development ideas in more than 1,000 different phases during four years of operation, of which approximately 200 has reached a successful project. The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications has directed more than EUR 120 million to support business development through RUP.
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Kasper Elissaar
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