Critical-Infrastructure Mobile Power.
One Architecture, Two Regulatory Tracks
Closing in 2026.

What is the architectural category being described?

Civilian-frame mobile critical-infrastructure auxiliary power architecture for CER-designated critical entity resilience operations. Deployed AROUND or BENEATH primary site electrical architecture provided by Tier-1 OEMs — not as a replacement for any of them. VENDOR.Max is one approach within this category at TRL 5–6 pre-commercial validation stage.

Where is the energy coming from?

External electrical input is required at the complete device boundary. The system is bounded by η ≤ 1 under classical thermodynamics. The architectural innovation is the nonlinear operating regime and the way the system stabilises and manages energy exchange within an open electrodynamic architecture under classical electrodynamics — not energy generation from any non-classical mechanism.

Why "civilian-frame primary" and not "defense"?

The civilian critical-entity regulatory frame (CER + NIS2 + CRMA) is the primary positioning under EU policy. Dual-use overlay routes through EU Dual-Use Reg 2021/821 + Defence Readiness Omnibus institutional financial channels (EDF / EDIP / SAFE). Civilian-frame primary positioning is engineered first; the dual-use overlay is documented institutionally on top.

What does TRL 5–6 mean for the architectural decision?

TRL 5 = component validation in relevant environment; TRL 6 = subsystem demonstration in relevant environment. For an institutional architectural decision, this means: the architecture is engineered and platform-level validated, but architecture-specific performance characterisations for certified commercial deployment require completion of the independent third-party validation pathway. All architecture-specific deployment performance statements on this page are design targets and not yet independently certified figures.

What has been documented at the platform level?

On the VENDOR.Max platform: 1,000+ cumulative operational hours under controlled laboratory conditions, with a longest continuous cycle of 532h at 4 kW sustained load. Patent portfolio established across six examination jurisdictions: PCT WO2024209235 + ES2950176 OEPM + EP/US/CN/IN national/regional examination tracks active.

Is the architecture compliant with CER / NIS2 / CRMA?

Compliance is an entity-level determination, not an architectural-level one. The architecture is being engineered to be structurally aligned with CER Article 13 resilience measures, NIS2 Article 21 risk-management categories, and CRMA supply-chain risk preparedness obligations. Final regulatory designation, compliance findings, and remediation determinations rest with national competent authorities and the European Commission under their respective rules.

What is the EDF / EDIP / SAFE institutional pathway?

EDF Work Programme 2026 allocates roughly a quarter of its €1.01B budget to critical technologies including "high-performance energy systems"; EUDIS within EDF reserves €60M for the disruptive-technologies call line + €60M for non-thematic SME calls.

Civilian-frame projects with documented dual-use overlay may qualify when call scope, consortium structure, eligibility, and security requirements are satisfied — admission is a competent-authority and programme-manager determination, not architectural.

How does the Defence Readiness Omnibus change ESG eligibility?

Commission Delegated Regulation 2025/1775 (applies 30 June 2026) narrows the "prohibited weapons" exclusion in sustainable finance benchmarks to international convention definitions (anti-personnel landmines, cluster munitions, chemical and biological weapons). Civilian-frame dual-use architectures outside those conventions are no longer automatically excluded from ESG-eligible benchmarks — though final benchmark admission remains an asset-manager and benchmark-provider determination.

What is the cap-table sovereignty posture?

Cap-table architecture is designed to accommodate EU Dual-Use Regulation 2021/821 export-control authorization regime as a documented institutional review factor, not as friction. Sovereignty discipline (counterparty domicile, beneficial ownership transparency, KYC/AML protocol, end-use screening) is structured for institutional channel review at Stage 01 architectural walk-through.

How does this differ from a behind-the-meter gas peaker?

Behind-the-meter gas peakers are a mature category with documented deployment records and a documented fuel-logistics dependency — itself a CER Article 4 cross-sector dependency under civilian resilience regulation. The mobile critical-infrastructure auxiliary architecture is designed to materially reduce recurring fuel-logistics dependency at the architectural level. Quality of that reduction is validated per deployment under Stage 03 pilot framework.

What does the pilot cost?

Stages 01–02 (architectural walk-through + technical fit assessment) are generally conducted under NDA without charge at VENDOR.Energy discretion. Stage 03 pilot framework is scoped jointly; funding may route through EDF / EDIP / SAFE / national programmes where call scope and eligibility apply, or through direct counterparty funding for non-programme pilots. No commercial commitment until Stage 04 validation outcomes are documented.

Who is the right entry point for institutional review?

For institutional financial channel principals, EU programme managers, and family office principals: the Stage 01 architectural walk-through is the entry point. Request through the pilot framework page (link below). VENDOR.Energy is operated by MICRO DIGITAL ELECTRONICS CORP S.R.L., Bucharest, Romania, EU.