Defence and Security Accelerator - DASA
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The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) seeks to fund innovative solutions for UK defence and security, offering 100% funding with no matching required and the intellectual property retained by the innovators. Current themed competitions focus on personnel tracking for emergency situations, less lethal weapons, and unmanned air systems, with specific funding limits and development requirements. DASA encourages participation through themed calls and an open call for innovation, aiming to rapidly drive commercially viable solutions to address various challenges.
Defence and Security Accelerator - DASA
- 1. 29/08/2018 Defence and Security Accelerator Anna Taylor Innovation Partner North East (inc Yorkshire & Humber) Oct 2020 ataylor@dasa.service.mod.uk
- 2. accelerator@dstl.gov.uk© Crown Copyright 2018 OFFICIAL accelerator@dstl.gov.uk We find and fund exploitable innovation to support UK defence and security quickly and effectively, and support UK prosperity.
- 3. accelerator@dstl.gov.uk© Crown Copyright 2018 OFFICIAL accelerator@dstl.gov.uk The Defence Innovation Initiative was launched by the Defence Secretary in 2016: Defence Innovation Fund £800m over ten years Defence and Security Accelerator launched in December 2016 accelerator@dstl.gov.uk© Crown Copyright 2019 OFFICIAL accelerator@dstl.gov.uk© Crown Copyright 2020 Innovation for a Safer Future
- 4. accelerator@dstl.gov.uk© Crown Copyright 2018 OFFICIAL accelerator@dstl.gov.uk Get the Ship in Shape Themed Funding Call Gov End User :Royal Navy Total Fund available: £250k. Proposal limit £125k. The Challenge : Personnel/Asset Tracking to improve accounting and tracking of personnel on board aircraft carrier Queen Elizabeth Class to ensure provision of Duty of Care in emergency situations. Required prototype for: • tracking of personnel on-board for emergency situation • Real-time, or close to real-time, personnel tracking Previous Themed Call Innovation for a Safer Future
- 5. accelerator@dstl.gov.uk© Crown Copyright 2018 OFFICIAL accelerator@dstl.gov.uk The Challenges: • Decontaminating Ambulances in under 45mins • Innovations that could boost the MOD capabilities in support of the national effort against Coronavirus (Covid-19) to address the current Covid-19 threat or future similar scenarios, eg Nightingale Hospitals, Oxygen transport, Testing centres Supporting NHS and Defence efforts re: COVID19 Closed Previous Competition © Crown Copyright 2020 Innovation for a Safer Future
- 6. accelerator@dstl.gov.uk© Crown Copyright 2018 OFFICIAL accelerator@dstl.gov.uk Why DASA? Set up to remove the barriers to innovation • Provide greater access to end users, opportunities to network • Be strategy driven • Increased pace • Focus on exploitation, non traditional suppliers, • Embrace risk © Crown Copyright 2020 Innovation for a Safer Future
- 7. accelerator@dstl.gov.uk© Crown Copyright 2018 OFFICIAL accelerator@dstl.gov.uk Any level of development Any science, technology or service Anyone with a good idea Any route to market accelerator@dstl.gov.uk Scope OFFICIAL accelerator@dstl.gov.uk© Crown Copyright 2020 Innovation for a Safer Future
- 8. accelerator@dstl.gov.uk© Crown Copyright 2018 OFFICIAL accelerator@dstl.gov.uk Why work with us? • 100% funding – no matching required • benevolent T&C’s – no equity – IP stays with you • access to end users and technical advice • always open for ideas • rapid contracting • supporting commercialisation • collaborative events to bring together Government, end-users, private sector and academia accelerator@dstl.gov.uk© Crown Copyright 2018 OFFICIAL accelerator@dstl.gov.uk© Crown Copyright 2020 Innovation for a Safer Future
- 9. accelerator@dstl.gov.uk© Crown Copyright 2018 OFFICIAL accelerator@dstl.gov.ukaccelerator@dstl.gov.uk >> FAST TRACK Trained assessors >1300 new recipients 40% Achievements Dec 16 – May 20 © Crown Copyright 2020 OFFICIAL >> ANY TRL >> SHORT FORM CONTRACT >> 1PAGE PITCH >> PITCH PANELS >> HIGHER MAX BIDS 3341Proposals assessed From over 1420 organisations Innovation for a Safer Future 6 weeks to contract
- 10. accelerator@dstl.gov.uk© Crown Copyright 2018 OFFICIAL accelerator@dstl.gov.uk Delivering at pace Phase2 £306k Investment of £114m £28.7m Defence Innovation Fund Funding agreed for 726 projects MOD Science £54.6m £45m FY20/21 Estimated Funding DASA: delivering innovation at pace Success rates 1:5 accelerator@dstl.gov.uk Phase1 £105k Open Call Dec 16 – Aug 20 © Crown Copyright 2020 OFFICIAL FLC £10.8m Phase 1 Phase 2 1:4 1:3 OGD £19.8m Innovation for a Safer Future
- 11. accelerator@dstl.gov.uk© Crown Copyright 2018 OFFICIAL accelerator@dstl.gov.uk North East/Yorkshire and & Humber Academic 56% SME 32% Micro 12% No of Proposals Funded Total 25 projects Academic 34% SME 61% Micro 5% Funding Awarded Total £3.82M (UK Total £114 M)(UK Total 684) Dec 16-Aug 2020 © Crown Copyright 2020 Innovation for a Safer Future
- 12. accelerator@dstl.gov.uk© Crown Copyright 2018 OFFICIAL accelerator@dstl.gov.ukaccelerator@dstl.gov.uk© Crown Copyright 2018 OFFICIAL accelerator@dstl.gov.uk How do you get involved? 1 Themed Competition Calls 2 Open Call for Innovation 3 Engagement Activity/Alerts/Outreach © Crown Copyright 2020 Innovation for a Safer Future
- 13. accelerator@dstl.gov.uk© Crown Copyright 2018 OFFICIAL accelerator@dstl.gov.ukaccelerator@dstl.gov.uk© Crown Copyright 2018 OFFICIAL accelerator@dstl.gov.uk How do you get involved? 1 Themed Competition Calls –clearly defined challenge and budget –launched regularly –typically a 6-8 week window –often multi phase –often open to new suppliers for later phases © Crown Copyright 2020 2 Open Call for Innovation 3 Engagement Activity/Alerts/Outreach Innovation for a Safer Future
- 14. accelerator@dstl.gov.uk© Crown Copyright 2018 OFFICIAL accelerator@dstl.gov.uk The use of force may be by the police or the military in law enforcement roles. The force used to counter the threat must be reasonable, proportionate and discriminatory, and the availability of less lethal options can potentially enable officers to resolve a situation prior to it becoming absolutely necessary to use lethal force. Challenges Seeking technologies that can temporarily and safely neutralise a violent or armed subject at distances from 0 m up to 50 m (stretch 70 m), to prevent the escalation of conflict or destruction of property. The system must : • be able to accurately, reliably and temporarily neutralise a violent or armed subject at distances up to 50 m (with a stretch target of 70 m). • effective against a moving target. • be suitable for normal dismounted policing duties including routine patrol, public order and firearms. • reliable in use and consistent when activated. • have second or multiple shots readily available. • able to operate within weather conditions typical for the UK, including rain. • Additionally, the solution could have the ability to mark a subject in order to ‘identify’ them at a later time Further details here © Crown Copyright 2019 Phase 1 Closes: 15 October 2020 Total Funding £500K Track 1 - Low TRL entry to finish at TRL 4 / 5 after 3-months, ~£50K bids Track 2 - Mid TRL entry to finish at TRL 7 after 3-months. ~£75K. © Crown Copyright 2020 Current themed competition: Less Lethal Weapons Innovation for a Safer Future
- 15. accelerator@dstl.gov.uk© Crown Copyright 2018 OFFICIAL accelerator@dstl.gov.uk Current themed competition: Telexistence: Robotics/Haptics/Immersion DASA is seeking ‘telexistence’ technologies - novel solutions to develop capabilities to operate in hazardous environments without physically being present, Eg • military personnel, • emergency services, • humanitarian workers This could be include a real-time, remotely operated avatar which relies on the integration of: • Telepresence - a visual-audio solution which enables a human operator to experience the sensation of self-presence in a remote environment. • Haptic feedback -an immersive solution which transmits sensory information from the remote environment to the human operative. • Robotics - a manoeuvrable solution which enables a human operator to interact with the remote environment. Further details here © Crown Copyright 2020 Phase 1 - £500K available bids ~ between £10-100K (No upper limit) £2.8 million available Closes: 19th Nov 2020.
- 16. accelerator@dstl.gov.uk© Crown Copyright 2018 OFFICIAL accelerator@dstl.gov.uk Current Themed competition: Unmanned Air Systems in Urban Environments DASA is seeking innovative and novel solutions to assist military drone operators to improve usability in challenging and complex urban operations. A new working model to accelerate ideas and feed directly into defence acquisition within Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S). This is designed for more rapid exploitation of technologies and will provide innovation funding for mid TRL solutions as well as provide a route for mature ideas to feed into supply frameworks. Challenges: • development of an optimised Unmanned Air System suitable for use in urban environments. • develop a human-controlled lethal payload that could integrate with a platform outlined in the first challenge. • to demonstrate a full Unmanned Air System with an integrated payload, bringing together the separate elements of challenges 1 and 2. Further details here Phase 1 & 2 Competition ££900K is available 1st Registration activity: 15th October, Proposals due © Crown Copyright 2020 Innovation for a Safer Future
- 17. accelerator@dstl.gov.uk© Crown Copyright 2018 OFFICIAL accelerator@dstl.gov.uk© Crown Copyright 2020 Past Themed Competitions Innovation for a Safer Future
- 18. accelerator@dstl.gov.uk© Crown Copyright 2018 OFFICIAL accelerator@dstl.gov.ukaccelerator@dstl.gov.uk© Crown Copyright 2018 OFFICIAL accelerator@dstl.gov.uk 1 Themed Competition Calls 3 Engagement Activity/Alerts/Outreach How do you get involved? 2 Open Call for Innovation –always open –6 cycles /yr –you propose the idea and its benefit © Crown Copyright 2020 Innovation for a Safer Future
- 19. accelerator@dstl.gov.uk© Crown Copyright 2018 OFFICIAL accelerator@dstl.gov.uk 2) Open Call • Welcome any idea of benefit to Defence and Security … but … • prioritise areas where our money is essential you propose the idea and its benefit © Crown Copyright 2020© Crown Copyright 2020 Innovation for a Safer Future
- 20. accelerator@dstl.gov.uk© Crown Copyright 2018 OFFICIAL accelerator@dstl.gov.uk 2) Open Call continued… • Welcome any idea of benefit to Defence and Security … but … • prioritise areas where our money is essential you propose the idea and its benefit © Crown Copyright 2020© Crown Copyright 2020
- 21. accelerator@dstl.gov.uk© Crown Copyright 2018 OFFICIAL accelerator@dstl.gov.uk© Crown Copyright 2020© Crown Copyright 2020 Open Call Innovation Focus Areas (IFA’s) Integrate information and physical activity across all domains: How can we integrate information and physical activity across domains (particularly space and cyber), and synchronise with wider government to increase understanding and operational tempo. Details here. Delivering agile command and control How can we deliver agile command and control, to make faster, better decisions and generate decisive advantage in complex operations. Details here. Operate and deliver effects in contested domains How can we operate and deliver military outcomes in denied and contested domains. Details here. Defence people, skills, knowledge and experience How can we access people with the right skills, knowledge and experience. Details here. Simulating future battlespace complexity How do we represent future battlespace complexity and higher levels of integration in training, wargaming and experimentation Details here. Innovation for a Safer Future
- 22. accelerator@dstl.gov.uk© Crown Copyright 2018 OFFICIAL accelerator@dstl.gov.uk Reduced-Burden Area Biosurveillance - DASA seeks solutions to rapidly detect Biological Warfare Agent (BWAs) incidents, & enable decision makers to develop the best action for deployment of medical countermeasures and other protective measures. The end goal is to create an automated all-in-one detection system with integrated aerosol collection, sample processing and identification in as small a system as possible. Closes midday 3rd December 2020. Further details here. Open Call Innovation Focus Areas (IFA’s)
- 23. accelerator@dstl.gov.uk© Crown Copyright 2018 OFFICIAL accelerator@dstl.gov.uk Open Call for Innovation • Low Maturity TRL 2/3->4 Emerging Innovations • Usable in 3 Years ->TRL 6/7, end in a trial or demo Rapid Impact No upper limit, but typically 3 to 10 months £50k to £100k* No upper limit, but typically £100k to £350k* (discuss with an Innovation Partner) Next cycle closes date Dec 3rd midday 2020 *may be subject to change © Crown Copyright 2020 Innovation for a Safer Future
- 24. accelerator@dstl.gov.uk© Crown Copyright 2018 OFFICIAL accelerator@dstl.gov.uk Innovator (the supplier) has an idea for a proposal Innovator completes an Innovation Outline DASA review/ Comment DASA Innovation Partner investigates levels of interest in receiving a full proposal –eg from MOD/Gov experts Feedback to Innovator Innovator decides whether to submit a full proposal Innovation Outline Process* Innovation for a Safer Future *processes may change at any time, please check DASA website for latest information Submitting an IO is optional © Crown Copyright 2020
- 25. accelerator@dstl.gov.uk© Crown Copyright 2018 OFFICIAL accelerator@dstl.gov.uk© Crown Copyright 2020 Innovation for a Safer Future
- 26. accelerator@dstl.gov.uk© Crown Copyright 2018 OFFICIAL accelerator@dstl.gov.uk How will we assess your idea? DESIRABLE • Does it solve a defence and/or security challenge? FEASIBLE • Is there a reasonable chance of technical success? • Expertise • Innovative VIABLE • Are the scope and timelines realistic? • VFM • Does it have good prospects beyond? © Crown Copyright 2020© Crown Copyright 2020 Innovation for a Safer Future
- 27. accelerator@dstl.gov.uk© Crown Copyright 2018 OFFICIAL accelerator@dstl.gov.ukaccelerator@dstl.gov.uk© Crown Copyright 2018 OFFICIAL accelerator@dstl.gov.uk How do you get involved? 1 Themed Competition Calls –clearly defined challenge and budget –launched regularly 2 Open Call for Innovation –always open –you propose the idea and its benefit 3 Engagement Activity/Alerts/Outreach © Crown Copyright 2020 Innovation for a Safer Future
- 28. accelerator@dstl.gov.uk© Crown Copyright 2018 OFFICIAL accelerator@dstl.gov.uk Market Exploration Calls Market Explorations: • Innovation calls to support DASA in scoping potential future competitions. • Typically a 1 page submission • No funding associated with these calls © Crown Copyright 2019 Collaboration Activity © Crown Copyright 2020 Innovation for a Safer Future New Launches Contact DASA to sign up for updates
- 29. accelerator@dstl.gov.uk© Crown Copyright 2018 OFFICIAL accelerator@dstl.gov.uk29/08/2018 OFFICIAL accelerator@dstl.gov.uk© Crown Copyright 2020 Innovation for a Safer Future
- 30. accelerator@dstl.gov.uk© Crown Copyright 2018 OFFICIAL accelerator@dstl.gov.uk Request support from your regional Innovation Partner © Crown Copyright 2020 South West North Midlands & North Wales South Central North West South East North East London (inside M25) Scotland East Anglia, north Home Counties Ireland South Midlands & South Wales + International
- 31. accelerator@dstl.gov.uk© Crown Copyright 2018 OFFICIAL accelerator@dstl.gov.uk Contact us 29/08/2018 OFFICIAL accelerator@dstl.gov.uk 01980 950000 option 3 @DASAccelerator Defence and Security Accelerator accelerator@dstl.gov.uk / ataylor@dasa.service.mod.uk Defence and Security Accelerator accelerator@dstl.gov.uk Submit an outline of your innovation to Open Call Sign up for updates Current Innovation Calls © Crown Copyright 2020 Innovation for a Safer Future