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Open Call: Operate and deliver effects in contested domains

Opens:
30/7/2020
Closes:
Sectors:
All
Defence & Security
Project Size:

Summary

The Open Call is one of the funding competition mechanisms DASA uses to find proposals that address challenges faced by government stakeholders. It gives bidders the opportunity to present their ideas to defence and security stakeholders at any time, without waiting for a relevant Themed Competition.


The Open Call is looking for innovative ideas to improve the defence and/or security of the UK. Your idea could be a concept, technology or service.


Whilst the Open Call welcomes a wide range of innovative ideas to solve problems faced by our defence and security customers, DASA is keen to share insight on specific topics of interest.


This specific topic of interest is “Operate and deliver effects in contested domains”.


Eligibility

DASA submissions are welcome from the private sector, academia, individuals (i.e. sole traders) and public sector research establishments.  Two categories:

  • Emerging innovations for less mature innovations, typically £50,000 - £100,000 (3-10 month projects)
  • Rapid impact category is for innovations that are more developed, typically £100,000 - £350,000 (with a realistic prospect of achieving an impact within a 3 year time from project commencement)


Technology readiness levels:

  • Emerging innovations projects commence at TRL 2 or 3 to deliver proof of concept
  • Rapid impact projects re viewed as those which will deliver a technology model or prototype demonstration at TRL 6 or 7 


Scope

UK Armed Forces currently face heavily contested environments across the air, land, sea, and particularly the space and cyber domains, which is of significant threat to the security of our information and could lead to disruption in the use of our space-based capabilities.


Freedom to use our information networks and the electromagnetic spectrum is essential as this is the medium for communication between forces during operations and for our most effective sensors. These mediums can be used by adversaries as a source of information and can also leave us at a tactical disadvantage were they to be disrupted or disabled.


Proposals should consider we need to be robust and resilient and have the ability to disrupt/degrade adversary capabilities. DASA seek novel ideas which could be used by the UK Armed Forces to do one, or several, of the below:

  • Communicate and synchronise activities in contested environments
  • Monitor contested environments
  • Manufacture methods and design concepts to deliver alternate explosive/electromagnetic/chemical effects and protection from these effects
  • Manage fleets of remote or autonomous systems and use these systems to undertake tasks normally completed by human operators



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