Technologies for European non-dependence and competitiveness

Research in technologies for European non-dependence and competitiveness has been undertaken within the frame of the Commission-ESA-EDA Joint Task Force (JTF) on Critical Technologies for European non-Dependence, launched in 2008. In 2016, the JTF established the List of Actions for 2018-2020 (hereinafter JTF List of Actions 2018-2020), aiming at enhancing the TRL of the technologies identified in the list.

Actions from the JTF List of Actions 2018-2020 shall be implemented sequentially in 2018 and in 2019 as the following subtopics.

Group A (2018):

• JTF-2018/20-3 – High Capacity FPGAs [U12]
• JTF-2018/20-8 – ASICS: 28nm Deep Sub-Micron (DSM) [U22b]
• JTF-2018/20-16 – Active discrete power components [U14]
• JTF-2018/20-18 – RF components [N27]
• JTF-2018/20-19 – Passive components [U13]
• JTF-2018/20-22 – High temperature packaging [N49]

Group B (2019):

• JTF-2018/20-2 – ASICS for mixed signal processing [U11]
• JTF-2018/20-11 – Design and qualification of µcontroller for space applications [N52]
• JTF-2018/20-12 – Design and prototype of nvRAM for SPACE with serial interface ((quad)-SPI) [N53]
• JTF-2018/20-21 – High density (1000 pins and beyond) assembly capabilities and PCBs [U17]
• JTF-2018/20-28 – Photonics components [U15]
• JTF-2018/20-31 – Advanced laser crystals for high power space applications [N63]

Group C (2020):

Context information and high-level requirements, including description of scope, initial and target TRLs, and, where applicable, references and information of related activities, are provided in the JTF List of Actions 2018-2020. Accordingly, a technical guidance document[1], based on the JTF List of Actions 2018-2020, is published on the Participant Portal website (CE).

To this end, proposals shall include the following tasks:

• Analysis of relevant available roadmaps, including roadmaps developed in the context of actions for Key Enabling Technologies supported by the Union;
• Analysis of how their selected critical space technologies can contribute to different space applications or, where applicable, to non-space sectors (such as through technology transfer or spin off);
• Commercial assessment of the supply chain technology in the space or non-space domains and, if applicable, a business plan for commercialisation with a full range (preload) of recurring products.

The involvement of post-graduate scientists, engineers and researchers is encouraged, for example through professional work experience or through fellowships/scholarships as applicable.