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As part of the «Preparatory Action on Defence Research» (PADR), the European Defence Agency (EDA) launched in March 2018 several calls for proposals in order to prepare the future defence capabilities of the European Union.
At the head of a consortium gathering 16 companies, laboratories and universities from 9 European countries, CILAS has answered the call for proposals on high-power laser effector.
CILAS consortium’s project, called TALOS (Tactical Advanced Laser Optical System) aims to create European capabilities in laser technologies, for the purpose of a development program of a laser effector for defence applications by 2025.
CILAS, expert in laser and optronics, will lead this project which will last 3 years with the aim of making an innovative technologies demonstration in the field of laser and propagation and of proposing a roadmap.
The TALOS project will develop and demonstrate some of the most critical Laser Directed Energy Weapon (LDEW) technologies paving the way to the design and build of an EU high-power laser effector to be integrated in military applications by 2025.
TALOS will lead to the development of a compact design laser able to quickly and precisely neutralize an agile target (i.e. RAM, UAV) while significantly minimizing collateral damages. The solution can also be integrated on different platforms (maritime, land and air payloads).
Optronics and laser technology developers:
Systems integrators:
Target vulnerability specialits:
New security technologies specialists:
End-users relationships experts :
Management of large European collaborative projects experts :
The PADR is part of wider EU initiatives: the European Defence Research Programme (EDRP) and the European Defence Industrial Development Programme (EDIDP) conducted by the European Commission. The objective is twofold: to foster defence strategy autonomy of Europe and to ensure alignment of the defence capabilities of Europe.