PARTNER DISCOVERY · NON-BINDING

OFFICIAL SOURCE CHECKED · 2 OCT 2026

HORIZON-CL3-2026-01-INFRA-03

Resilience of critical entities under compound and hybrid disruption

Resilience of critical entities under compound and hybrid disruption

Resilience of critical entities under compound and hybrid disruption

A strong-fit Horizon Europe call. 4D is testing a differentiated evidence-and-verification concept and looking for specific capability fits — without pretending the consortium already exists.

A strong-fit Horizon Europe call. 4D is testing a differentiated evidence-and-verification concept and looking for specific capability fits — without pretending the consortium already exists.

A strong-fit Horizon Europe call. 4D is testing a differentiated evidence-and-verification concept and looking for specific capability fits — without pretending the consortium already exists.

€9M

TOPIC BUDGET

~€4.5M

EXPECTED / PROJECT

5 Nov 2026 · 17:00

5 Nov 2026 · 17:00

BRUSSELS TIME · DEADLINE

IA

INNOVATION ACTION

TRL 6–7

TARGET MATURITY

30-SECOND READ

What matters

Cross-sector continuity, dynamic risk assessment and realistic operational testing are central.

Consortium

At least three relevant practitioner beneficiaries are required. Partner discovery here is early and non-binding.

Funding model

Lump-sum action. Security-sensitive results may arise; official call documents always prevail.

NON-BINDING PARTNER DISCOVERY

Where could you fit?

Where could you fit?

Pick a role and leave the essentials. No deck, no CV, no proposal upload. This is not an EU application or a promise of consortium membership.

Pick a role and leave the essentials. No deck, no CV, no proposal upload. This is not an EU application or a promise of consortium membership.

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4D INDEPENDENT ANALYSIS · NOT OFFICIAL EU GUIDANCE

Prove continuity. Not just predict disruption.

Prove continuity. Not just predict disruption.

Prove continuity. Not just predict disruption.

Can one critical entity prove to another that a service commitment still holds — without exposing its internal infrastructure? AEGIS-X is being shaped as an evidence-and-verification layer above existing monitoring, digital twins, stress tests and resilience platforms rather than another prediction platform.

Can one critical entity prove to another that a service commitment still holds — without exposing its internal infrastructure? AEGIS-X is being shaped as an evidence-and-verification layer above existing monitoring, digital twins, stress tests and resilience platforms rather than another prediction platform.

Can one critical entity prove to another that a service commitment still holds — without exposing its internal infrastructure? AEGIS-X is being shaped as an evidence-and-verification layer above existing monitoring, digital twins, stress tests and resilience platforms rather than another prediction platform.

Continuity commitment

A machine-readable service promise: minimum level, assumptions, evidence needed and when that evidence expires.

Evidence confidence

Uses attested outputs from existing tools while exposing only the bounded evidence needed across organisational boundaries.

Challenge & re-verify

Tests whether a commitment still holds after compound disruption and records recovery evidence for existing decision workflows.

WHY THIS IS DIFFERENT

Existing EU projects already cover federation, interdependency modelling, stress testing and predictive decision support. This concept focuses on a narrower verification loop: claim → evidence → challenge → human decision → recovery → re-verification.

RED-TEAM STATUS

RED-TEAM STATUS

5 challenge cycles + official-project overlap review · cleared for partner discovery

5 challenge cycles + official-project overlap review · cleared for partner discovery

PRIORITY CONSORTIUM CAPABILITIES

Specific gaps. Not a generic partner search.

Specific gaps. Not a generic partner search.

Specific gaps. Not a generic partner search.

01 · Experienced Horizon security / CI coordinator

02 · Port critical-entity operator

03 · Energy / grid operator

04 · Telecom / digital infrastructure provider

05 · Civil protection / CI authority

06 · Assurance / formal-methods technology

07 · Secure provenance / selective-disclosure technology

08 · Existing monitoring / twin / stress-test integration partner

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4D Strategic Systems is independent. We do not represent the European Commission, NATO or DIANA. Official call documents prevail. No EOI creates consortium membership or a funding entitlement.

4D Strategic Systems is independent. We do not represent the European Commission, NATO or DIANA. Official call documents prevail. No EOI creates consortium membership or a funding entitlement.

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