Structuring Innovation in Land Defence

CAP4LAND brings together industrial, academic, and institutional stakeholders to anticipate the needs of the Belgian Defence and accelerate technological innovation.

Context

In a context of increasing sovereignty and security challenges in Europe, Belgian land defence is becoming a strategic priority.

This momentum is mobilizing an industrial and technological ecosystem currently being structured across Brussels, Flanders, and Wallonia.

A strategic initiative serving land defence

CAP4LAND is developed in partnership with the Belgian Defence to:

Bring together

and promote ecosystem stakeholders

Structure

the Belgian industrial ecosystem around a shared short- and long-term vision

Support

sustainably the ecosystem’s technological and capability needs

Our objectives

Strengthen the coherence of value chains in Belgium

Stimulate technological innovation

Foster synergies between Belgian and international stakeholders

Projects supported by MecaTech in Defense & Security

VIRGA

Today’s and tomorrow’s theaters of military action are and will be increasingly uncertain (little control...

SWS

The aim of the SWS project is to integrate a totally electronic explosive train into a weapon. This integration...

SBSS

The project starts from the observation that there is currently no means of detecting buried objects...

PEA

While defense generally keeps a low profile in the Walloon Region, it is no less one of the region’s...

OPTIMIS

The human-machine interface, whether in a military or civilian context, is today an important aspect...

NEXT GENERATION POWDER

The aim of the Next Generation Powder project is to bring together various partners – the companies KNDSand...

NANOAPPLI

The MT_NanoAppli project consists in optimizing the production capacities of nanopowders developed in...

MRIPF

The objective of the MRIPF project is to better understand and control the phenomenon of rupture or fragmentation...

FN Herstal is coordinating an industrial research project called “M4 Multigauge Mechatronic Machine Gun.” This...

IRIS

Today, surveillance, be it in a military or civilian context, is one of the essential elements guaranteeing...

HAVCOAT

The aims of the HAVCOAT project are to optimize powerful yet ecological amorphous hydrogenated carbon...

ElectroHOB

The objective of the ElectroHOB project is to develop a new electronic rocket concept for illuminating...

COMPOMAG

COMPOMAG is a project to develop magnesium-carbon composite injected parts. The avenues of research...

COMPIL

The Compil project, spanning 4 years, aims to develop innovative in-line inspection methods for industrial...

What CAP4LAND offers you

Access to a network of key stakeholders

Alignment with Defence priorities

Participation in building and evolving the Belgian land defence roadmap

A structured framework for your technological, capability, and industrialization projects

A space to identify collaboration opportunities

Any special requests?

The role of MecaTech

MecaTech leads and coordinates CAP4LAND at two levels:

Structuring the vision

Analysis of existing technologies and capabilities

Identification of future needs

Development of a technological roadmap

Ecosystem facilitation

Networking stakeholders

Facilitating collaborations

Structuring working dynamics

Objective : align innovation with the operational needs of the Defence sector.

Impact & Momentum

CAP4LAND contributes to positioning Belgian stakeholders within strategic value chains.

Existing MecaTech projects already linked to defence

Strong and growing momentum

New projects supported at both regional and federal levels

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