# Next generation aircraft autonomy technologies for cockpit / pilot assistance applications
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**topic id:** HORIZON-CL5-2025-03-Two-Stage-D5-09
**call id:** HORIZON-CL5-2025-03-Two-Stage
**title:** Next generation aircraft autonomy technologies for cockpit / pilot assistance applications
**programme:** Horizon Europe
**cluster:** CL5
**status:** closed
**deadline date:** 2026-04-14T00:00:00+00:00
**deadline model:** two-stage
**start date:** 2025-05-06T00:00:00+00:00
**url:** https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/HORIZON-CL5-2025-03-Two-Stage-D5-09
**description:** Expected Outcome:
Project results should contribute to the European civil aircraft cockpit technology roadmaps on crew assistance/automation/autonomy, with focus to next generation aircraft autonomy technologies for cockpit / pilot assistance applications. 
Project results are expected to contribute to at least two of the following expected outcomes:
• Increasing safety in cockpits, by providing to the crew’s assistance new systems or functionalities. with new capabilities for new aircraft platforms, new Human Machine Interface concepts and technologies.;
• Contribution to the roadmap of cockpits digitalisation and autonomy, by conceiving new cockpit capabilities, allowing an enhanced Human-System Relation (new ways for the crews to interact or collaborate with the cockpit). Technological breakthrough could bring to future cockpits the development potential necessary to take up the challenges of the next decades;
• Increased efficiency of cockpits performances: reduction of size, weight and power consumption (SWaP) of systems and equipment, reduced total lifecycle costs, integration levels by reduced production times and, first-time-right delivery. 
 Scope:
Next generation aircrafts will be even more digital and automated, with more interactive and automated cockpits. This will be even more reliant on automation evolution and it is expected to mitigate an always-increased complexity of aircraft systems and operations, ensuring safe and efficient operations. However, automation is also prone to significant errors when misused or misunderstood, especially if this is combined with new aircraft platforms (incl. new systems/capabilities) or new types of operations.
The projects should develop new technology bricks in line with the aircraft concepts proposed in the updated Horizon Europe Clean Aviation Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda[1] and possibly exploit lessons learned from the H2020-CS2 Large Aircraft Disruptive Cockpit Demonstrator[2]. Synergies may also be sought with Horizon Europe SESAR Single Person Operations projects.
The technology bricks should be aligned with the needs of future aircraft generations and operations, new requirements, and cockpit philosophy of European aircraft integrators for the next generations of aircrafts, while they should be cyber-resilient and controlled by a single pilot and without the assistance of an on-board human co-pilot. Development of simulation tools, use of artificial intelligence models, human factors, and cost-benefit analysis (CBA) of various technical solutions is within the scope of the topic. Interfacing with the European Union Aviation Safety agency (EASA) on safety and new testing and certification processes as well as alignment with the EASA AI roadmap should be considered, if applicable. 
The focus is on development of new technologies up to TRL 4, rather than on integration and demonstration.
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Activities are expected to achieve TRL 2-4 by the end of the project – see General Annex B. Activities may start at any TRL.

[1] https://clean-aviation.eu/sites/default/files/2024-09/2024-Clean-Aviation-SRIA.pdf
[2] https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/807097/results
**conditions:** General conditions
1. Admissibility Conditions: Proposal page limit and layout
described in Annex A and Annex E of the Horizon Europe Work Programme General Annexes.
Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System.

2. Eligible Countries
described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes.
A number of non-EU/non-Associated Countries that are not automatically eligible for funding have made specific provisions for making funding available for their participants in Horizon Europe projects. See the information in the Horizon Europe Programme Guide.

3. Other Eligible Conditions
If projects use satellite-based earth observation, positioning, navigation and/or related timing data and services, beneficiaries must make use of Copernicus and/or Galileo/EGNOS (other data and services may additionally be used).

The following exceptions apply: subject to restrictions for the protection of European communication networks.

described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes.

4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion
described in Annex C of the Work Programme General Annexes.

5a. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds
are described in Annex D of the Work Programme General Annexes.

5b. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes
are described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes and the Online Manual.

5c. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement
described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes.

6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants
Eligible costs will take the form of a lump sum as defined in the Decision of 7 July 2021 authorising the use of lump sum contributions under the Horizon Europe Programme – the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2021-2027) – and in actions under the Research and Training Programme of the European Atomic Energy Community (2021-2025) [[This decision is available on the Funding and Tenders Portal, in the reference documents section for Horizon Europe, under ‘Simplified costs decisions’ or through this link: https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/horizon/guidance/ls-decision_he_en.pdf]].

described in Annex G of the Work Programme General Annexes.

Specific conditions
 Not applicable.

Application and evaluation forms and model grant agreement (MGA):
 Application form templates — the application form specific to this call is available in the Submission System
Standard application form (HE RIA IA Stage 1)

Evaluation form templates — will be used with the necessary adaptations 
Standard evaluation form (HE RIA, IA and CSA Stage 1) 

Guidance
HE Programme Guide 

Model Grant Agreements (MGA)
Lump Sum MGA 

Call-specific instructions 
Detailed budget table (HE LS) - Not needed for Stage 1
Guidance: "Lump sums - what do I need to know?"

Additional documents:
 HE Main Work Programme 2025 – 1. General Introduction
HE Main Work Programme 2025 – 8. Climate, Energy and Mobility
HE Main Work Programme 2025 – 14. General Annexes
HE Programme Guide
HE Framework Programme 2021/695
HE Specific Programme Decision 2021/764 
EU Financial Regulation 2024/2509
Decision authorising the use of lump sum contributions under the Horizon Europe Programme
Rules for Legal Entity Validation, LEAR Appointment and Financial Capacity Assessment 
EU Grants AGA — Annotated Model Grant Agreement 
Funding & Tenders Portal Online Manual 
Funding & Tenders Portal Terms and Conditions 
Funding & Tenders Portal Privacy Statement
**action type:** HORIZON  Research and Innovation Actions
**budget:** 
  **budget Years Columns:** 
    - 2025
  **budget Topic Action Map:** 
    **110812:** 
      -         **action:** HORIZON-CL5-2025-03-Two-Stage-D5-09 - HORIZON-RIA HORIZON  Research and Innovation Actions
        **budget Year Map:** 
          **2025:** 7000000
        **deadline Dates:** 
          - 2025-09-04
          - 2026-04-14
        **deadline Model:** two-stage
        **expected Grants:** 2
        **max Contribution:** 3500000
        **min Contribution:** 3500000
        **planned Opening Date:** 2025-05-06
**keywords:** HORIZON-CL5-2025-03-Two-Stage-D5-09, HORIZON-CL5-2025-03-Two-Stage
**last synced at:** 2026-11-09T17:23:17.403+00:00

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