received one million euros in funding for building a research environment that serves the defence and security industry
Summary
The research environment will serve industrial research related to critical infrastructures, and defence and security communication systems. Data link solutions are used for reliable situational awareness sharing, for example, between fighters, surveillance aircrafts and unmanned aircrafts.The research environment promotes the digitalisation of companies and society, as well as Finlands export opportunities and technological sovereignty.There are currently relatively few research facilities in Finland where classified research and testing can be carried out. The new research environment will serve the needs of both Finnish and European companies as widely as possible, and it will also facilitate the research and product development of innovative SMEs operating outside the defence sector. The activities are supported by VTTs other research infrastructure such as the 5G test network, satellite communication systems, cybersecurity testing environment, microelectronics manufacturing environment and, in the future, research infrastructure related to 6G and quantum communication. In the starting research environment construction project, the security classification capabilities of the currently used facilities will be developed to meet, for example, the demands of defence industry research.