ASD Connect

Europe’s defence ecosystem in one trusted place

ASD Connect brings Europe’s defence ecosystem into one trusted workflow, making it simpler to find partners, be found, and act on funding, opportunities and events while strengthening supply chains across the continent.

  • Built and hosted by ASD, it is a secure, membership‑first community where validated organisations publish structured profiles and marketplace listings, enabling efficient discovery by capability, certification, TRL and geography.
  • The platform complements OEM supplier systems by streamlining pre‑procurement discovery and coordination, with Business Opportunities, an Events calendar, attached Documents and lightweight chats turning insight into action.
  • A dedicated Ukraine–Europe channel provides a dependable bridge for collaboration, accelerating movement from first contact to joint work

ASD Connect

Europe’s defence ecosystem in one trusted place.

A non‑commercial, ASD‑hosted online platform that makes it simpler for organisations to find partners, be found, and access funding, business opportunities and events in one workflow.

By bringing discovery and coordination together, the platform lowers search costs, strengthens supply chains across Europe, and gives Ukrainian companies a bridge into European collaboration flows.

  • ASD Connect is a discovery and collaboration hub for capabilities, organisations, opportunities and events in one place, with simple tools to act on them.
  • Populated by its own membership and grows through what users publish and maintain, making it a user‑built ecosystem.
  • Not a tendering or RFQ engine and does not replace OEM supplier portals; it sits upstream of procurement to make finding and engaging the right partners simpler and faster.
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Smart marketplace

Publish offers and needs in structured listings; buyers filter by capability, certification, TRL and geography, then start a conversation directly from results.

Organisation profiles

Searchable company pages bring capabilities, certifications, listings and context together in one place for faster evaluation.

Calls and events

EU public calls now, private finance and OEM open‑innovation to follow, plus a calendar of exhibitions, forums and webinars.

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ASD Connect represents a strategic opportunity to amplify your company's presence, forge valuable partnerships, and access new business opportunities.
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For SMEs and specialist suppliers, this brings visibility where it matters, enabling buyers to scan structured profiles and listings and open a conversation directly from the listing, with funding windows sitting next to partner search to reduce switching between portals.

For start‑ups and dual‑use entrants, entry is simple: publish once, show up in the marketplace and directory, and view EU calls and opportunities in the same view used to find collaborators so outreach happens immediately.

For OEMs and system integrators, it speeds market scans and supplier mapping, with filters to focus results on credible candidates and rich organisation pages to keep context intact, complementing rather than replacing proprietary supplier systems in the pre‑procurement discovery stage.

Structured Ukraine–Europe channel

ASD Connect creates a single, reliable channel for Ukrainian and European companies to find each other and work together.

  • For Ukrainian firms, it enables direct access to qualified partners and buyers, a clearer view of market needs and funding, and faster movement from first contact to joint work.
  • For European firms, it provides a dependable picture of Ukrainian industrial capacity and know‑how, lowers the cost of finding partners, and can shorten timelines for developing products together
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ASD Connect primarily serves businesses within the ASD ecosystem, with companies having direct or indirect ASD membership benefiting from full, complimentary access. Companies outside the ASD community may apply for ASD Connect membership; however, from 1 January 2026 onwards, non-ASD companies may obtain access only when referred by an existing ASD member. Ukrainian companies receive full access, with validation carried out by the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence, as well as Defence clusters and associations known to ASD. Public institutions may be granted access when their activities align with the aerospace, security, and defence ecosystem.

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