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Defence and Security Accelerator, Ministry of Defence and Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
Published:
20 May 2019
Last updated:
17 February 2026
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  1. Information removed - all relevant information can now be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ukdi-competitions-and-services

  2. New themed competition added, and pipeline updated: Conflict Wounds - from Biology to Battlefield Solutions New Defence Innovation Loans cycle added: Defence Innovation Loans FY2526 Cycle 7

  3. The Delivering Future Advantage through Testing and Evaluation competition has been removed from the list of open competitions

  4. Open Call for Innovation section amended to reflect it is now closed and there are currently no cycles open.

  5. Link edited for Defence Innovation Loans cycle 6 as the URL has changed

  6. Defence Innovation Loans updated to reflect that cycle 6 has opened and cycle 5 has closed. Pipeline update for the themed competition on behalf of the Ministry of Justice (MOJ), now expected to launch in February 2026.

  7. Competition added to Themed Competitions: Autonomous Sensor Management and Sensor Counter Deception Phase 2

  8. The change on this webpage is to inform gov.uk users about a change to the Open Call for Innovation competition. "As work continues towards UKDI Full Operating Capability the Open Call for Innovation will be closed from the end of Cycle 4, which has been extended to 13 January 2026. The new service will reopen prior to UKDI Full Operating Capability in July 2026."

  9. PYRAMID for avionics and mission systems (Phase 2) now closed for submissions - removed from 'Themed Competitions currently open for application' section

  10. New upcoming competition on behalf of the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) added to the pipeline, seeking development of technologies as a last line of defence to counter the illegal use of uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) around prisons.

  11. 4 new upcoming competitions added to the pipeline, on autonomous sensor management & sensor counter deception, conflict wounds, assuring the provision of blood far forward and measuring ground bearing capacity.

  12. Announced launch of Delivering Future Advantage through Testing and Evaluation (Phase 1) competition

  13. Novel Technology for Intervening in Non-Compressible Haemorrhage now closed for submissions, links removed.

  14. Updated to reflect new cycle opening for Defence Innovation Loans (FY2526 Cycle 5), remove Conflict Wounds Market Exploration from the pipeline

  15. Removed Innovation in Support of Operations - Cycle 6 from Themed Competitions currently open and from application and competitions in our pipeline. Added new competition on Testing and Evaluation to our pipeline

  16. New PYRAMID competition moved from in the pipeline to launched Conflict Wounds Market Exploration removed from the 'open market explorations' section.

  17. 1) Open Call for Innovation section updated to reflect the opening of Cycle 4. 2) Pipeline amended to remove reference to a themed competition specifically aimed at UK universities; encouraging a hands on process of Design, Build, Test in a number of areas.

  18. Launch of Themed Competition Novel Technology for Intervening in Non-Compressible Haemorrhage.

  19. Page updated for Defence Innovation Loans Cycle 4 opening.

  20. Pipeline edited to include Market Exploration: Conflict Wounds as launched.

  21. New Market Exploration launched: Modelling and Monitoring Conflict Wounds; links added to the Market Exploration and Competitions in our pipeline sections

  22. Change of expected launch date for Non-compressible Haemorrhage.

  23. Innovation in Support of Operations Cycle 5 has closed and been removed from the Themed Competitions Open section.

  24. Three new activities have been added to the Competition Pipeline section.

  25. Removed AUKUS Maritime Innovation Challenge 2025 which has now closed.

  26. Changes made to reflect the closing of Defence Innovation Loans FY25/26 Cycle 2 and the opening of Cycle 3. Also including link to full schedule. New upcoming market exploration into conflict wounds added to the pipeline. Open Call for Innovation section updated with links to cycle now open for submissions (Cycle 3) and full schedule

  27. Themed competition list updated to include AUKUS stage 2 which is open by invitation only.

  28. Themed competition section - Innovation in Support of Operations Phase 2 Cycle 5 added

  29. Innovation in Support of Operations Phase 2 (Cycle 4) has been removed from the Themed Competitions section.

  30. Defence Innovation Loans updated with new cycle details (FY2526 Cycle 2), and a link to a new page showing previous cycles has been added.

  31. Open Call for Innovation section updated to refer to CY2025 - Cycle 2

  32. Removed AUKUS Stage 1 from pipeline for release at 12:00 on Monday

  33. Removed the competitions which closed this week

  34. Pipeline and Themed Competitions sections updated

  35. added aukus comp

  36. Defence Innovation Loans cycle information and closing date updated

  37. Innovation in Support of Operations Cycle 4 - change in launch date

  38. AUKUS 2 added to pipeline

  39. Removed the links to the past funded projects.

  40. Themed competition added to the competition pipeline: Innovation in Support of Operations Cycle 4 - New challenge areas

  41. Revisions to Open Call Section to include: 1) link to current Cycle document 2) removal of reference to IFAs due to this being included in current cycle document. 3) rewording of section with links to past cycles and past IFA collections Market Explorations section added. Competitions in our Pipeline section updated with: 1) status change to 'Launched' and link provided for Market Exploration exploring 'the innovation landscape around treatments for life-threatening non-compressible haemorrhaging wounds'

  42. 1. Future-proofing biosecurity by strengthening the UK's Microbial Forensics Capability - competition removed from Themed Competitions and from pipeline. 2. Innovations in dermal protection against liquid chemicals - competition added to Themed Competitions. 3. Market Exploration to identify solutions for Air Launched Effects on behalf of the Army - removed from pipeline

  43. Defence Innovation Loans dates updated to reflect that Cycle 5 is open.

  44. Removed closed competitions in the pipeline.

  45. PYRAMID Competition removed from currently open Themed Competitions list

  46. Removed a competition announcement in the Pipeline

  47. Microbial Forensics Capability added to the pipeline Market Exploration: Air Launched Effects updated in pipeline

  48. Moved Microbial Forensics from pipeline to Themed Competitions. Defence Innovation Loans FY24/25 cycle 3 removed as it has closed AWE Comp removed as it has closed.

  49. Innovation in Support of Operations - Cycle 3 has closed and has been removed from the Open competitions list

  50. Innovations in Dermal Protection against liquid chemicals competition expected launch date changed from November 2024 to January 2025

  51. Added a new guidance link to the NPSA security advice website. Re-organised the pipeline into date order

  52. Open Call for Innovation section: Updated cycle dates for IFA and Defence Rapid Impact Pause notification added to the IFA section (relating to IFA042)

  53. Moved the PYRAMID competition out of pipeline as it has launched.

  54. Additional information (title and challenge areas) given about the Microbial Forensics competition. New competition launched "PYRAMID for avionics and mission systems"

  55. Defence Innovation Loans - Dates for new cycles (FY24/25 - cycles 3 to 5) added

  56. Innovation in Support of Operations - cycle 2 has closed and has been removed from the Open competitions list. Innovation in Support of Operations - cycle 3 has been added to the Open competitions list.

  57. Added AWE competition to live competition

  58. Updated Launch dates for Dermal Protection and PYRAMID competitions, Removed IED competition from pipeline

  59. Market engagement added to pipeline Microbial Forensics competition added to pipeline

  60. Added defence rapid impact links Changed to cycle 3

  61. The competition GAN Electro Optic Sensing Technologies has been removed from the pipeline.

  62. New Themed Competition added - Innovation in Support of Operations (Cycle 1)

  63. 3 new competitions added to the Pipeline

  64. Added Defence Innovation Loans and removed Cycle 1 from pipeline

  65. Closure of Contemporary Deception competition

  66. Date added for new cycle of Defence Innovation Loans.

  67. Close of themed competition - Delivering operational advantage via improved self-sufficiency and operational energy innovation

  68. Removed details of Protecting Physical Assets competition as this closed on 13/06

  69. Open Call section updated to show FY24/25 - Cycle 2 Innovation Focus Areas

  70. Launch of Contemporary Deception for the British Army

  71. FY24/25 Cycle 1 Defence Rapid Impact removed from Open Call for Innovation section as it has now closed.

  72. AUKUS EW Challenge closed

  73. Removed the notice of an upcoming Themed Competition that looked at improving the universality and longevity of blood products for use in remote or austere locations, from the competitions pipeline. Changed expected launch date for upcoming Themed Competition looking for novel IED disruption methods, now expected to launch June/July 2024.

  74. Delivering operational advantage via improved self-sufficiency and operational energy innovation competition added to open competitions

  75. Sample Preservation, Analysis and Attribution Themed Competition has now closed (April 30 2024)

  76. IFA042 Launched - links to competition document added to Apply for Funding page. Pipeline updated to reflect this

  77. Added new Protection of Physical assets Competition which launched 17 April 2024

  78. Defence Innovation Loans moved to Pipeline section (until future cycles are confirmed) Small, Lightweight Explosives Detector removed from list of open themed competitions. Mobile Evidential Drug Testing Instrument (MEDTI)themed competition is now closed – removed description and links from the current themed competition list and removed from "launched" pipeline list

  79. - Added to pipeline: New competition for operational advantage through self sufficiency - Added to pipeline: New themed competition that seeks novel IED disruption methods - Added to pipeline: New competition looking at novel deception technologies - Rapid Detection of Toxic Gases Competition removed as it is now closed - Launch date for upcoming Themed Competition looking at generation after next Electro Optics edited.

  80. AUKUS Competition published DTEP paused following close of cycle 5 Defence Innovation Loans - table showing open cycles removed

  81. Closing date for Open Call for Innovation - FY24/25 Cycle 1 - Defence Rapid Impact changed from 15 May 2024 to 14 May 2024 in line with competition document.

  82. Edited to reflect the fact that the next cycle for the Defence Innovation Loans will be in FY24/25 (not cycle 8 of FY23/24).

  83. Open Call section updated to FY24/25 Cycle 1 - Defence Rapid Impact. Innovation Focus Areas section updated to reflect there are currently no IFAs open for application.

  84. Added new competition - Sample Preservation, Analysis and Attribution (Phase 1) Removed competition - Remote Monitoring of Sensitive Sites Phase 2

  85. Removed: DASA GAN Comms and Network upcoming phase. DASA remain committed to maximise the value of this competition, however, in order for MoD to focus resources on other priorities, the Generation After Next Communications & Networks Competition will be paused on completion of the FY24/25 Discovery Phase A. The team remain committed to exploit the activities sponsored under the Discovery Phase A within the MOD research portfolio. DASA expect to announce a future Communications and Networks focused competition in Jan 2025. In the meantime please continue to submit proposals to the DASA Open Calls and tag the relevant Innovation Focus Areas Added: Upcoming IFA for Testing Evaluation added to pipeline

  86. Themed competition Mobile Evidential Drug Testing Instrument (MEDTI) Demonstrator, now open. Links to competition page added and pipeline list updated. Themed competition It's Good for Missiles to Talk (Phase 2), removed from current competitions list as now closed.

  87. Updated the pipeline - added the open competitions to the bottom of the pipeline so suppliers can link a pipeline activity to the competitions which launch

  88. New competition added to the list of open competitions, and removed from the Pipeline: Small, Lightweight Trace Explosives Detector

  89. Updated pipeline as Themed Competition on behalf of the Department for Transport is now expected to launch in February.

  90. Add new competition - Rapid Detection of Toxic Gases Amended Closing date of Defence Innovations Loans

  91. Removed Engineering Biology for Defence and Security (Phase 2) which has now closed

  92. Added a competition to the pipeline regarding Generation After Next Communications & Networks. A reference to a future competition about countering sea based threats has been removed until further notice.

  93. The month of launch has been added for the small, lightweight trace explosives detector competition (Pipeline section) Defence Innovation Loans section updated to reflect that cycle 7 is now open.

  94. Added a new themed competition to the pipeline section

  95. Remote Monitoring of Sensitive Sites Phase 2: Security & Resilience has now launched.

  96. Apply for funding section: Themed competitions currently open for application Removed: |5 December 2023| Novel Disruptive Science Impacting Future Defence and Added in: |20 February 2024| It's Good for Missiles to Talk (Phase 2) Competitions in our pipeline Removed: |December 2023| It's Good for Missiles to Talk Phase 2 Themed Competition.|

  97. Open Call for Innovation section updated with FY23/24 Cycle 5 Defence Rapid Impact, Security Rapid Impact and Innovation Focus Areas and closing date of 06 March 2024. Competitions in our Pipeline section updated to reference upcoming themed competition expected to launch in February 2024 to address challenges associated with sample surface collection/preservation, analysis and attribution of hazardous chemical and biological (ChemBio) materials.

  98. Defence Innovation Loans - updated to reflect the close date for Cycle 6.

  99. |February 2024| Upcoming Themed Competition looking at improving the universality and longevity of blood products for use in remote or austere locations. Removed |February 2024| and replaced with |TBC|

  100. Added to the competition pipeline - a new Themed Competition is expected to launch in January 2024 on behalf of the Department for Transport to develop a concept demonstrator for evidential roadside drug testing for drug drivers.

  101. Added Engineering Biology Phase 2. Removed closed competitions. Minor updates to the pipeline.

  102. Added a new themed competition, Novel Disruptive Science Impacting Future Defence and Security. Amended pipeline dates.

  103. New Themed Competition coming in the pipeline

  104. Competitions in our pipeline section added the following competitions; |October 2023| Remote Monitoring of Sensitive Sites Phase 2 Themed Competition.| |November 2023| It's Good for Missiles to Talk Phase 2 Themed Competition.|

  105. Removed the Market Exploration section. These are listed on the separate Market Exploration page on Gov.uk Removed Autonomous Sensors and Sensor Counter Deception from the current themed competitions section

  106. Defence Innovation Loans cycle 4 added.

  107. New themed competition launched: Reducing Cyber Risk Across Defence

  108. 1. Updated the open call cycle 2. Updated the list of open IFAs 3. Updated the pipeline 4. Reopen of Security Rapid Impact Open Call

  109. Corrected closing date for Facial Recognition Market Exploration. Added a new Themed Competition into the pipeline.

  110. Facial Recognition Market Exploration added Windfarm Mitigation for UK Air Defence Phase 3 (Stream 2) added

  111. 1. Updated the pipeline section

  112. A new market exploration has been added to the pipeline

  113. Added additional copy to the “Competitions in our pipeline” section as follows; Re-opening of Innovation Focus Area IFA035 - Making Science Fiction a Reality: Future Directed Energy Weapons. This Innovation Focus Area is seeking proposals which present ideas to contribute to the first generation of deployed Directed Energy Weapons. Added 05 to the date for Innovation Focus Area (IFA) biological sensing.

  114. Affordable and Adaptable Unmanned Air Systems Autonomy has now closed. It has been removed from current open competitions.

  115. 1. Added a new upcoming Market Exploration to the pipeline section

  116. 1. Updated the pipeline content

  117. Removal of Humans in Systems competition which closed 19 July 2023

  118. Updated dates for Defence Innovation Cycles

  119. The IRC 2023 competition has been added to the Themed Competition section of the Apply for Funding page.

  120. New competition launching Space to Innovate Campaign - Charlie Drop removed after it has closed.

  121. Link to new themed competition added

  122. Open Call Cycle 2 is now closed and Cycle 3 is now open. The following has also closed; Security Rapid Impact Open Call, Human Augmentation, IFA040 A Bridge to Fall and IFA036 Beyond Line of Sight Communications

  123. New competitions added to In the Pipeline section

  124. Generation After Next Communications and Networks; Analysing and Understanding and Analysing Audiences; Scoping out the Grey Zone and Intelligent Ship competitions removed from open list

  125. 1. Competition added to pipeline 2. Innovation Focus Area added to pipeline

  126. New Themed Competition added to competition pipeline: June 2023 Upcoming autonomous air systems (UAS) Themed Competition seeks novel innovations to help give the UK an advantage through affordable and adaptable, UAS.

  127. New themed competition added - Space to Innovate Campaign - Charlie Drop

  128. New Competition launch: Humans in Systems

  129. Populating the World of Training (Phase 1) is now closed for submissions, links to competition page now removed.

  130. Open Call for Innovation - FY23/24 Cycle 2 Security Rapid Impact, Defence Rapid Impact and Innovation Focus Areas updated as the current cycle. Innovation Focus Areas currently open for application updated to remove IFA038 - Advanced Materials For Defence and IFA035 Making Science Fiction a Reality: Future Directed Energy Weapons due to pause of submissions.

  131. -Windfarm Mitigation for UK Air Defence Stream 1 Phase 3 competition now closed for application -Human Augmentation (Phase 1) competition now open for application

  132. Defence Innovation Loans dates edited to reflect the opening of the next cycle (FY23/24 cycle 1).

  133. New competition - The Intelligent Ship: Phase 3 is now open

  134. *New competition: Scoping out the Grey Zone: Sub-threshold AI competition from Pipeline *New competition: GAN Communications & Networks *Added to competitions in our pipeline: Humans in Systems to pipeline.

  135. Removed the warnings regarding the temporary closure of the submission service

  136. Competition launch - Analysing and Understanding Audiences

  137. Updated the dates for the extension under themed competitions and up-coming competitions

  138. Updated date for submission service reopening, the service will now reopen on 29 March.

  139. Dates for the Defence Innovation Loans current and upcoming cycles were updated (cycle 3 has opened and cycle 4 is upcoming)

  140. New Themed Competition, Populating the World of Training (Phase 1) has been added to Current Competitions.

  141. Removed IFA034 from Open IFAs. Updated notification regarding system upgrades running until 16th March 2023.

  142. Added a link to Knowledge in Defence (KiD)

  143. Updated competition to the Pipeline section; Analysing and Understanding Audiences, and Intelligent Ship

  144. New themed competition has been added to the pipeline

  145. Updated to launch Windfarm Mitigation Competition

  146. Reference to Emerging Innovations removed, Competitions updated. Note added regarding submission service down period. Added Themed Competition "Populating the World of Training" to the competition pipeline.

  147. Charybdis has been removed from the list of open Market Explorations

  148. AI for Defence IFA was added to 'Competitions in our Pipeline' section.

  149. Added a new section called - Competitions in our pipeline.

  150. Removed Whole Body Vibration from Open Themed Competitions, Moved Defence Innovation Loan cycle dates out of Themed Competitions and into it's own section, Added comment that there are currently no open Themed Competitions

  151. Removed Novel Amphibious Craft competition from this page as it has now closed.

  152. The closing date for Charybdis has been extended to midday on 3 February 2023.

  153. The Understanding Whole Body Vibrations competition submission deadline has been delayed to Midday Tuesday 24th January 2023.

  154. Updated the closing date for Novel Amphibious Craft to 17th January 2023.

  155. Updated Defence Innovation Loan closing date for newly opened cycle. Edit to text in the Defence Innovation Loans section to update on changes to Defence Innovation Loans. Addition of Defence Innovation Loans FY22/23 - Cycle 2 opening date to the Competitions Opening Soon section.

  156. Information edited for Defence Innovation Loans to reflect the change to cycle based assessment in December 2022. Open Call Cycle 5 added as Open competition IFA033 Human Augmentation and IFA034 Countering IEDs by Novel Technology and Techniques removed from Innovation Areas Open for application IFA038 Advanced Materials for Defence added to Innovation Areas Open for Application

  157. Added a new Market Exploration: Project CHARYBDIS.

  158. Removed link to CHERI within Defence and Security themed competition as the submission period has ended. Removed reference to the Market Exploration 'How Clean is your Hull?' as this has now closed.

  159. Added new Themed Competition: Understanding Whole Body Vibration

  160. Themed competition (Novel Amphibious Craft) added.

  161. Disruptive Science and Technology Impacting the Future of Defence Competition closed.

  162. -Added Themed Competition: CHERI Within Defence and Security, which has opened for submissions -Removed Themed Competition: Point of Care Diagnostics at the Front Line Phase 2, which has closed for submissions

  163. Launched two new IFA Competitions (IFA035 and IFA 036) Updated closing and opening dates for Open Call Cycle 4 and 5.

  164. A new Market Exploration, How Clean is your Hull?, has been added.

  165. Removal of the Veterans' health Innovation Fund competition links as it has now closed.

  166. New Competition: Disruptive Science and Technology Impacting the Future of Defence

  167. Removed the following themed competitions from open applications: Engineering Biology for Defence and Security Generation-after-next Wearable Technologies

  168. Closing date for Open Call Cycle 3 has changed from 14 September 2022 to 20 September 2022. Opening date for Open Call Cycle 4 has changed from 14 September 2022 to 20 September 2022.

  169. Edited Themed competitions currently open for application - Removed It’s Good for Missiles to Talk

  170. Change of closing date for 'It's Good for Missiles to Talk' changed from 2 August to 3 August

  171. Added Point of Care Diagnostics at the Front Line Phase 2 to Themed section.

  172. Added Veterans' Health Innovation Fund

  173. Engineering Biology closing date has changed to midday Friday 26th August 2022.

  174. New competition added: Generation-after-next Wearable Technologies

  175. New themed competition launched: Engineering Biology for Defence and Security

  176. 1. Open Call Cycle Dates updated to reflect latest cycles

  177. New themed competition added: "It’s Good for Missiles to Talk"

  178. Removal of Remote Monitoring for Sensitive Sites from Open Competitions list

  179. New IFA (IFA034 - Countering IEDs by Novel Technology and Techniques) launched.

  180. New Innovation Focus Area added - Human Augmentation

  181. A new Innovation Focus Area has launched - Double Act: National Security Technologies

  182. Added new dates for the next open call cycle.

  183. Themed competitions currently open for application - Removed 'Advanced Radio Frequency Sensing, Integrated Effects and PNT'

  184. Defence Innovation Loans are open until further notice

  185. Alternative Navigation for Weapon Systems Market Exploration now closed

  186. Themed Competitions - Removed Telexistence Phase 2, it closed on April 6th at 12pm

  187. Removed 'Cycle 1' from Open Call for Innovation Remote Monitoring of Sensitive Sites launched

  188. Autonomous Resilient Cyber Defence (ARCD) Intelligent Agents IFA28 and Cycle 5 of the open call have closed and Cycle 1 FY22/23 has opened

  189. New competition launched: Advanced Radio Frequency Sensing, Integrated Effects and PNT

  190. Evidential Testing of Drug Drivers market exploration is now closed

  191. Themed Competition 'Catch the ChemBio SCENT' removed from open for application section.

  192. Edited - Themed competitions currently open for application. Added Telexistence Phase 2

  193. Defence Innovation Loans - a pilot of a continuous cycle will run until 16 March 2022.

  194. Updated the closing date for the current cycle 5 to 2 March 2022. Removed RCAS from the IFA list. Updated the coming soon dates with Cycle 1 for 2 March 2022. Closing date – removed Emerging Innovation. Now reads ‘Open Call for Innovation - Security Rapid Impact, Defence Rapid Impact and all Innovation Focus Areas.’ Added: ‘Open Call Cycle 5 competition category ‘Emerging Innovations’ is currently not available for submission. Further information will be provided as soon as this category becomes available again. If you have any queries or questions please email: accelerator@dstl.gov.uk’

  195. New market exploration launched: "Evidential Testing of Drug Drivers"

  196. Added new market exploration: Hybridisation of the Naval Fleet

  197. Space to Innovate Campaign - Bravo Drop has closed to submissions. Market Exploration: Tackling E-Scooter and E-Bike enabled crime has closed to submissions.

  198. Added - 'Catch the ChemBio SCENT' Themed Competition currently open.

  199. Innovation Focus Area section updated to include the Wearable Technology IFA

  200. Added links to new IFA 030 Military Systems Information Assurance (MISA). Updated dates for the next Open Call cycle to show Cycle 4 is the current cycle and Cycle 5 is the next cycle. Updated Defence Innovation Loans to show the current Cycle dates.

  201. Added document: MODREC Guidance for Suppliers

  202. Added new Market Exploration: Tackling E-Scooter and E-Bike enabled crime

  203. Edited 'Themed competitions currently open for application' - Space to Innovate Campaign - Bravo Drop has been launched.

  204. Removed links to Market Explorations that have now closed.

  205. Contains links to IFA028 - Autonomous Resilient Cyber Defence (ARCD) Intelligent Agents and IFA029 - Reducing the Cyber Attack Surface (RCAS), as they are now open for submission.

  206. Open Call Cycle 3 has been moved to the current competitions section and Open Call Cycle 4 has been added to the Competitions Opening Soon section. Edited the dates for the IFA competitions. The title ‘Themed Competitions currently open for application’ has been changed to ‘Competitions currently open for applications’

  207. The Competitions open for applications have been updated with Open Call Cycle 3, as have the the Competitions Opening Soon (Open Call Cycle 4 and the IFA's) Space to Innovate has been removed from Open Competitions as it is closed now Defence Innovation Loans Cycle 2 has been added to the list of competitions currently open.

  208. Added two new competitions to "competitions opening soon" section: - Innovation Focus Area 028 – Autonomous Resilient Cyber Defence - Intellect Agents - Innovation Focus Area 029 – Reducing the Cyber Attack Surface

  209. Look Out! Maritime Early Warning Innovations Competition closed; removed from 'Competitions currently open for application' section.

  210. Market exploration closed and removed from website Defence Innovation Loan added as a new competition

  211. Removed Windfarm Mitigation for UK Air Defence - Phase 2 from the Themed Competitions - Competitions currently open for application section

  212. New competition added: Space to Innovate Campaign - Alpha Drop

  213. New open call competition open: Security Rapid Impact

  214. - Open Call Cycle 2 listed as a current competition and Open Call Cycle 3 listed as opening soon. - Link to IFA026 - Armoured Fighting Vehicle Short Gap Crossing Capability description was removed as IFA026 has now closed.

  215. New Themed Competition added - Look Out! Maritime Early Warning Innovations

  216. Removal of Uncrewed Underwater Vehicle competition

  217. New competition added - Windfarm Mitigation for UK Air Defence - Phase 2

  218. Wireless communications, networking and information theory competition now closed.

  219. - Link to IFA025 Reducing Reliance on Global Navigation Satellite Systems Quantum Augmented Position, Navigation and Timing Sensing Capability, removed as now closed for submission. - Open Call Cycle 1 listed as current competition. Now open for Emerging Innovations and Rapid Impact submissions. - Open Call Cycle 2 listed as upcoming competition.

  220. Map the Gap Phase 2 now closed

  221. Now includes link to Armoured Fighting Vehicle Short Gap Crossing Capability (IFA026) IFA wording.

  222. Take Cover Phase 3 Closed competition Uncrewed Underwater Vehicle Testbed opened

  223. Wireless communications, networking and information theory challenge now open.

  224. Right On Time: Automating Military Logistics launched

  225. Open Call Cycle 6 listed as current competition and Cycle 1 launch date added.

  226. Listed Open Call cycle 6 as opening soon.

  227. Closing Date for Map the Gap amended

  228. New Themed competition added

  229. Removed link to IFA018 - closed Removed link to Open Call cycle 4 - closed Cycle 5 listed as a current cycle - Included detail that only Rapid Impact and IFAs will be open.

  230. Edited Open Call Cycle 5 launch date to correct it to 3 December.

  231. Telexistence removed from competitions open for application

  232. Added link to IFA025 - Reducing Reliance on Global Navigation Satellite Systems Quantum Augmented Position, Navigation and Timing Sensing Capability

  233. Link to IFA025 - Quantum Augmented Position, Navigation and Timing Sensing Capability added

  234. Removed closed competitions from the list of open competitions.

  235. Removed Open Call Cycle 3, added Open Call Cycle 4 and 5 dates.

  236. added COVID-19 Open Call for Innovation Cycle dates

  237. Removed the links to the IFAs that are no longer open. Updated the open call dates.

  238. Autonomy in challenging environments Phase 1 now open.

  239. Removed now closed competitions (FASS Testing and Trialling and Novel Chemistry)

  240. Updated with current open funding opportunities

  241. new competition added

  242. First published.

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