Innovation Network event
17 November 2016
Centre for Defence Enterprise
In the beginning ….
Technology development
Technology development
Innovation = advantage
The aim of CDE
Military capability
years
Prove the value of innovative, high-risk, high-potential-
benefit research to enable development of cost-effective
military capability advantage
Defence White Paper – National Security Through Technology Feb 2012
CDE directive
Enduring
Themed
Two routes to funding
up to £3 million
per year
at least £500,000
per competition
Themed competitions FY15/16
Theme Value
Open-source big data insight £2.25M
Persistent surveillance from the air £2.25M
Agile, immersive training £2.25M
What's inside that building? £1.15M
Understand and interact with cyberspace £1.00M
Security for the internet of things £2.00M
Autonomy and big data £4.00M
Synthetic biology for novel materials £3.50M
Identification and treatment of tinnitus £1.00M
Theme Value
Persistent surveillance phase 2 (April 16) £1.00M
Agile and immersive training phase 2 (April 16) £1.00M
Seeing through the clouds ( Jun 16) £2.00M
Autonomy and big data phase 2 (Sep 16) £2.00M
Autonomous Hazardous Scene Assessment (Sep 16) £2.00M
Many drones make light work (Sep 16) £2.00M
The future of aviation security £2.00M
Themed competitions FY16/17
Synthetic biology Beyond battery power
6738 proposals received
57% SMEs
CDE headline figures
23% Industry
20% Academia
1066 proposals funded (16%)
19% Themed
13% Enduring
1059 contracts placed
43% SMEs
29% Industry
28% Academia
10% of proposals ‘exploited’
• Into core research programme
• Primes
• Other investors
invested
since 2008
The future
We will launch a defence innovation initiative
We will establish a defence and security accelerator for
government to help the private sector, allies and
academia turn ideas into innovative equipment and
services faster for national security users.
Strategic Defence and Security Review Nov 2015
Strategic Defence and Security Review
Centre for Defence Enterprise
SDSR 2015 Innovation Initiative
Defence & Security Accelerator
SDSR 2015 Innovation Initiative
Paused on 25 October 2016 at 5pm
Relaunch early 2017
Enduring competition
What’s happening today?
10:00 to 10:30 Welcome and CDE update
10:30 to 11:00 FASS programme overview and questions
11:20 to 12:20 The future of aviation security themed competition briefing
11:00 to 11:20 Coffee break
12:20 to 12:40 Competition summary and question panel
12:40 to 13:10 Lord Ahmad Innovation in aviation security
13:10 to 14:00 Lunch and networking
14:00 to 14:20
Introduction to CDE
14:20 to 15:05
Creating a great CDE proposal
14:00 to 16:00
The future of aviation security
Themed competition
face-to-face confidential meetings
The future of aviation security
Today’s competition

CDE - Innovation Network Event - 17 Nov 2016

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    Innovation Network event 17November 2016 Centre for Defence Enterprise
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    Prove the valueof innovative, high-risk, high-potential- benefit research to enable development of cost-effective military capability advantage Defence White Paper – National Security Through Technology Feb 2012 CDE directive
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    Enduring Themed Two routes tofunding up to £3 million per year at least £500,000 per competition
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    Themed competitions FY15/16 ThemeValue Open-source big data insight £2.25M Persistent surveillance from the air £2.25M Agile, immersive training £2.25M What's inside that building? £1.15M Understand and interact with cyberspace £1.00M Security for the internet of things £2.00M Autonomy and big data £4.00M Synthetic biology for novel materials £3.50M Identification and treatment of tinnitus £1.00M
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    Theme Value Persistent surveillancephase 2 (April 16) £1.00M Agile and immersive training phase 2 (April 16) £1.00M Seeing through the clouds ( Jun 16) £2.00M Autonomy and big data phase 2 (Sep 16) £2.00M Autonomous Hazardous Scene Assessment (Sep 16) £2.00M Many drones make light work (Sep 16) £2.00M The future of aviation security £2.00M Themed competitions FY16/17 Synthetic biology Beyond battery power
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    6738 proposals received 57%SMEs CDE headline figures 23% Industry 20% Academia 1066 proposals funded (16%) 19% Themed 13% Enduring 1059 contracts placed 43% SMEs 29% Industry 28% Academia 10% of proposals ‘exploited’ • Into core research programme • Primes • Other investors
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    We will launcha defence innovation initiative We will establish a defence and security accelerator for government to help the private sector, allies and academia turn ideas into innovative equipment and services faster for national security users. Strategic Defence and Security Review Nov 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review
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    Centre for DefenceEnterprise SDSR 2015 Innovation Initiative
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    Defence & SecurityAccelerator SDSR 2015 Innovation Initiative
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    Paused on 25October 2016 at 5pm Relaunch early 2017 Enduring competition
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    10:00 to 10:30Welcome and CDE update 10:30 to 11:00 FASS programme overview and questions 11:20 to 12:20 The future of aviation security themed competition briefing 11:00 to 11:20 Coffee break 12:20 to 12:40 Competition summary and question panel 12:40 to 13:10 Lord Ahmad Innovation in aviation security 13:10 to 14:00 Lunch and networking
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    14:00 to 14:20 Introductionto CDE 14:20 to 15:05 Creating a great CDE proposal 14:00 to 16:00 The future of aviation security Themed competition face-to-face confidential meetings
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    The future ofaviation security Today’s competition

Editor's Notes

  • #2 Welcome Housekeeping I’m going to tell you what is happening at today’s event and give you an update on what CDE has been doing since our last event. [NEXT SLIDE]
  • #3 Holding slide. All slides available via the CDE website for the competition. [NEXT]
  • #4 Holding slide. All slides available via the CDE website for the competition. [NEXT]
  • #5 Holding slide. All slides available via the CDE website for the competition. [NEXT]
  • #6 Welcome Housekeeping I’m going to tell you what is happening at today’s event and give you an update on what CDE has been doing since our last event. [NEXT SLIDE]
  • #7 Military capability [NEXT]
  • #8 Military capability. This is what today is all about. Innovation = military capability = military advantage. But CDE is increasingly about security too.
  • #9 CDE has been in operation since May 2008. It has a base in Harwell, Oxfordshire, and it started with 3 people and a tiny rented office. Just like a SME!
  • #10 For CDE it all came into focus in 2012 with the Defence White Paper - National Security Through Technology: Technology, Equipment, and Support for UK Defence and Security This is what CDE is charged with delivering. Add your name and organisation
  • #11 So how can you access CDE funding? This is a reminder of the routes to CDE funding. Firstly, our series of themed competitions. One of which you may have heard about this morning – ‘Seeing through the clouds’. Each themed competition usually has a phase-1 budget of at least £500,000. We’ve started to put in place defined phase-2 budgets too, to take successful projects forward for future development. Themed competitions are bound in terms of an allocated budget, a defined challenge or set of challenges, and the timeframe in which you have to submit. The second route to CDE funding is our continually open ‘enduring competition’. This has a budget of up to £3 million per year. You can submit a proposal to this at any time, and there’s a set of 9 enduring challenges for you to submit your ideas against, and give you some guidance on the sorts of things we’re looking for. I’m not going to say any more about this route, as my colleague David Hazelton will be covering this in detail after my presentation this afternoon.
  • #12  *Value displayed is the total competition funding available for phase 1 and phase 2. See competition documents for more detail Provides ongoing opportunities for innovators. They are characterised by boundaries; a bounded set of challenges; a bounded budget that you can bid into; and a bounded response timeframe for the competition, unlike the enduring challenge competition. More opportunity. [NEXT]
  • #13 Themed competitions programme is distinctly different to the Enduring Challenge competition. T hemed competitions are borne out of our existing MOD research programme. *Value displayed is the total competition funding available for phase 1 and phase 2. See competition documents for more detail Provides ongoing opportunities for innovators. They are characterised by boundaries; a bounded set of challenges; a bounded budget that you can bid into; and a bounded response timeframe for the competition, unlike the enduring challenge competition. More opportunity. Prospective competitions: Tactical and Medical logistics - joint enablers/ interoperability Intelligence systems and analytics DE&S Maritime Cyber - Cyber Situational Awareness / Visualisation and Cyber-related Sensors and Actuators CTW - change detection (* Value = level of funding available for phase 1 and phase 2 over adjacent FY) [NEXT]
  • #15 Title slide Add your name and organisation
  • #18 Welcome Housekeeping I’m going to tell you what is happening at today’s event and give you an update on what CDE has been doing since our last event. [NEXT SLIDE]
  • #19 The Accelerator (a component of the initiative) will build on the Centre for Defence Enterprise (CDE). It will be a managed network which uses the knowledge, facilities and skills of partner centres in the innovation ecosystem. Accelerator development will be spiral, not a big bang. Scope and functions are still subject to open consultation. Both of today’s competitions already test some of what the Initiative and the Accelerator seeks to achieve. In particular: Delivering capability at pace aligned to what end users want; Supporting your journey from concept through to delivery; Working with procurement bodies to pull solutions into service; Exploiting solutions regardless of their stage of development; Spinning solutions in and out of Government from traditional and non traditional sectors. [NEXT SLIDE]
  • #20 The Centre for Defence Enterprise (CDE) will pause the Enduring Competition on 25 October 2016 at 5pm, while the CDE transitions into the early operating capability of the new Defence and Security Accelerator - announced by Secretary of State for Defence, Sir Michael Fallon, on 16 September 2016 as part of the defence innovation initiative (Link).   Why are we doing this? The new Accelerator's focus will be on exploitation of novel solutions, and we are taking the opportunity to reshape its framework, scope and back office support to meet this remit - with a re-launch in 2017.   However, our Themed competition programme will continue to offer a wide range of funding opportunities. [NEXT SLIDE]
  • #21 Welcome Housekeeping I’m going to tell you what is happening at today’s event and give you an update on what CDE has been doing since our last event. [NEXT SLIDE]
  • #24 Holding slide. All slides available via the CDE website for the competition. [NEXT]