The deadline for submitting proposals is 26 August 2026 at 17:00 CET. The call is open to legal entities established in EU Member States.
Applicants must comply with the eligibility, strategic autonomy and security criteria set out in the call document. Although a consortium is not formally required, applicants are encouraged to assemble teams with complementary competences across the relevant value chain.
The call aims to strengthen European industrial capability for Ka-band user terminals. Its focus includes cost reduction, manufacturability, production readiness and supply-chain resilience.
The estimated budget is €20 million. The European Commission said up to three projects can be funded under the call.
The topic is not intended to develop a specific end-to-end terminal product. Instead, it is designed to ensure the availability of innovative, more affordable and deployable user terminals.
The call focuses on projects addressing antenna-subsystem industrial readiness. This includes assembly, calibration and test processes.
It also covers manufacturing processes and equipment that can improve throughput and repeatability while reducing unit costs. Projects may also address supply-chain measures that reduce critical dependencies on non-European sources and strengthen European industrial capability for terminal components.
Another focus area is modem and baseband industrial readiness for 5G NR NTN-compliant solutions. This includes migration paths towards volume-production architectures.
Projects may run for between 18 and 36 months. They must demonstrate a credible contribution to cost reduction, production scale-up and the strengthening of European industrial capabilities.
Source: European Commission.
