Military projects under the Preparatory Action on Defence Research (PADR)

18.10.2018

Question for written answer E-005323-18
to the Commission
Rule 130
Sabine Lösing (GUE/NGL)

In 2018, the Commission and the European Defence Agency have selected five military projects under the Preparatory Action on Defence Research (PADR), namely PYTHIA, OCEAN2020, GOSSRA, VESTLIFE and ACAMSII. These projects will together receive an EU grant of around EUR 43 million.

Can the Commission please provide a detailed list of how much funding each of the participants — e.g. national ministries, universities, companies or institutes/organisations — mentioned in the PYTHIA, OCEAN2020, GOSSRA, VESTLIFE and ACAMSII projects is receiving for their participation in these projects, with budgets as follows:

For PYTHIA, roughly EUR 1 million between eight participants;

For OCEAN2020, around EUR 35 million between 42 participants;

For GOSSRA, approximately EUR 1.5 million between nine participants;

For VESTLIFE, roughly EUR 2.43 million between six participants;

For ACAMSII, around EUR 2.6 million between seven participants?