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

8years

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 FY15/16Theme Value

Open-source big data insight £2.25MPersistent surveillance from the air £2.25M

Agile, immersive training £2.25MWhat's inside that building? £1.15M

Understand and interact with cyberspace £1.00MSecurity for the internet of things £2.00M

Autonomy and big data £4.00MSynthetic 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

£76M investedsince 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 14:20Introduction to CDE

14:20 to 15:05Creating a great CDE proposal

14:00 to 16:00

The future of aviation security

Themed competitionface-to-face confidential meetings

The future of aviation security

Today’s competition