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The a4ESSOR SAS (Alliance for ESSOR) joint venture consisting of several European partners for the development of digital waveforms has agreed a new procurement contract with the European defense organization OCCAR. As part of this contract, called ESSOR New Capabilities (ENC), the development of three new waveforms - ESSOR NBWF, ESSOR 3DWF and ESSOR SATCOM WF - will be advanced, as a4ESSOR writes in a statement. ESSOR stands for European Secure Software-defined Radio.

The aim is to improve the interoperability of the European armed forces. In addition, the project will also see the alliance improve the ESSOR framework to manage the waveforms throughout their lifecycle and ensure their interoperability when ported to national radios.

The initiative now agreed between OCCAR and a4ESSOR is financed by the European Defense Industrial Development Program (EDIDP) under grant agreement No. 044.

According to Lino Laganà, President and General Director of a4ESSOR, the new ENC Treaty represents one of the most important conditions for the common European defense. It is a privilege and a great responsibility to lead these new projects, launched by the European Commission and the six ESSOR countries Italy, France, Spain, Poland, Germany and Finland following the successful work on the first ESSOR broadband waveform and the ESSOR framework program.

Das neue Projekt ist Teil des ESSOR-Programms, dessen Ziel die Verbesserung der Interoperabilität und Sicherheit der taktischen Land- (ESSOR WBWF und ESSOR NBWF), Luft-Boden-Luft- (ESSOR 3DWF) und Satellitenkommunikation (ESSOR SATCOM WF) ist. Durch die Einhaltung der ESSOR- und Software Communication Architecture (SCA)-basierten softwaredefinierten Funkplattformen und die Anwendung einer strengen Qualifizierungsmethodik für die Interoperabilität zwischen allen Funkgeräten, die diese Wellenformen nutzen, soll das Programm eine Interoperabilität der Streitkräfte im Einsatz garantieren.

The procurement contract follows the EDIDP ESSOR grant agreement signed by OCCAR on behalf of the European Commission and the partners last July.

The new ENC contract will include the participation of new companies from non-ESSOR countries, namely Telespazio Belgium, a subsidiary of Telespazio (joint venture between Leonardo, 67 percent, and Thales, 33 percent) and Edisoft from Portugal. Germany is represented in the a4ESSOR joint venture by the technology company Rohde & Schwarz.

The EDIDP, the preparatory phase of the European Defense Fund (EDF), is a European Union industrial program financed by the European Commission to promote the competitiveness and innovative capacity of the European defense industry.

Editorial / lah

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