European Grand Challenge

Just read about an "European Grand Challenge" called the 1st European Land-Robot Trial. The usual European stuff: rules more complicated, not one winner but many, not an competition but an evaluation of existing technology, no cash reward ... the track is much shorter but more difficult, the race allows everything from fully autonomous to remote controlled vehicles. The only thing not "typical european" is, that it is still a military competition. I had hoped for a European Grand Challenge spin off in the civilian sector, focussing on the problems of "social navigation" - with many cars, children, people on bicycles, traffic lights ...