Context: Over the years a cross-border cooperation between Member States (MS) Competent PRS Authorities (CPA) has been fostered through a number of activities related to the implementation of the PRS regulatory framework. These activities (e.g. the Joint Test Activity (JTA) and the market consultation for PRS conducted under FRAME SC2 grant in 2023), and the recent coordination among MS CPA have led to the identification of gaps related to the ongoing market development of PRS civilian applications.

The PRS technology aiming at supporting one or several use cases, the related technical specifications have been selected in such a way so as to be ambitious, but at the same time realistic, so that the market will be able to deliver PRS solutions that meet the operational needs of the authorities responsible for the implementation of the PRS user segment.

Expected Outcomes: Projects are expected to contribute to the following outcomes:

1. Develop the use cases for authorised civilian users based on the added value of PRS service.
2. Develop the PRS applications targeting civilian users by leveraging PRS technology.
3. Build on top of previous exploratory activities and lessons learnt on the development of PRS items by stimulating the corresponding downstream PRS uptake.
4. Foster a European-level cooperation of industrial entities for the development of authorised PRS applications.

Scope: Proposals should identify, design and create applications leveraging the items for the first generation of Galileo PRS. Applications should address the governmentally authorised user communities and scenarios for which the technical, operational and security related features requirements of PRS service constitute barriers to entry. The applications should target well-identified operational environments in which the PRS service features (e.g. continuity of service and access control) plays a differentiator role. Representatives of potential user communities should be involved as far as possible in the development of the prototypical applications.

Proposals should address one of the following:

Proposals submitted under this topic shall include a business case, exploitation strategy and the risk and threat analysis (highlight the risks related to the potential use of such technologies and proposed mitigations solutions on the user system level).

The submitted proposal, supported by the risk and threat analyses shall address specify of the PRS service considering the technological, policy and exploitation in the environment of use.

Development should build on existing standards or contribute to standardisation. European cross-border cooperation is requested.

Proposals submitted should ensure gathering at least 3 potential European user communities (at least from 3 different PRS participants).

Each proposal will be evaluated according to the SMART approach:

• Specific = The PRS applications/developments must bring a specific added value;
• Measurable =
  • The PRS applications/developments must be beneficial/shared for the whole targeted PRS User segment;
  • The PRS applications/developments shall brings a specific output with measurable results/outcome;
• Attainable/Realistic = The PRS applications/developments must be attainable and realistic in view of the operational, schedule, market and political related constraints;
• Timely = The PRS applications/developments must be completed/implementable and exploitable to a large extent by PRS FOC.

In this topic the integration of the gender dimension (sex and gender analysis) in research and innovation content is not a mandatory requirement.