In recent months, the SDMMS consortium has made significant advances in deploying its Military Mobility System in Europe. At the same time, it has submitted plans to upgrade the system to respond to the challenging security environment that Europe is facing in the coming years.
The Secure Digital Military Mobility System (SDMMS) accelerates the cross-border movement of military equipment and people, reducing the time and resources spent on processing permits from months to just a few days.
The effectiveness of the first-generation SDMMS military mobility platform was already validated in multiple realistic scenarios via multinational exercise held in October 2025 in which military personnel from 15 countries participated or observed. Also, interoperability with LOGFAS EVE was confirmed at NATO CWIX. As a result of this demonstrated success, deployment planning across at least 14 countries is already in motion.
In September, the consortium also submitted the “SDMMS2” proposal under the European Defence Fund (EDF-2026-DA-PROTMOB-DMM), aiming to further develop the existing system by enhancing its capabilities, security, resilience and interoperability. The new consortium brings together 16 partners, and if funded, the group would represent 14 nations covering Europe from Norway to Italy. Led by Estonia's Cybernetica AS, the expanded consortium would add several major players in the European defence technology and research domains, including Leonardo, TNO, Sopra Steria Group, Materna and Scipio.
The SDMMS2 proposal would also upgrade the platform to respond to emerging security threats posed by post quantum computing and take advantage of cutting-edge technologies such as data centric security. It would also make the system more wartime resilient by enabling disaster-recovery switchover and autonomous communication via UXP — the same technology powering Ukraine's Trembita e-government backbone. SDMMS2 will also address other important concerns, such as enabling more sophisticated planning, tracking and visualisation of multimodal movements.
SDMMS2 has strong support among its member countries as it fully responds to the Initial Harmonized Defence Capability Requirements signed by 13 national Ministries of Defence. Eight of these MoD-s have further committed over €1 million in co-financing if the project is funded by the EDF.
„The question for Europe in 2027 is no longer whether a secure digital backbone for military mobility is needed. It is whether the system can be quickly deployed in daily use while responding to these complex challenges. The SDMMS consortium and the SDMMS2 proposal are the answers to this question,“ said Arne Ansper, Cybernetica's Chief Technology Officer and SDMMS Project Lead.
More info on SDMMS: https://digital-military-mobility.eu/