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At DASA, we find and fund exploitable innovation to support UK defence and security quickly and effectively, and support UK prosperity.
DASA seeks innovations to enhance operational advantage through improved self suffiency and energy innovation
The Open Call is looking for innovative ideas to improve the defence and security of the UK. Your idea could be a concept, product or service, at various levels of maturity.
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On Friday 1 December 2023, Defence Ministers announced the launch of an innovation challenge series for AUKUS Pillar 2. The first of these challenges will be focussed on Electronic Warfare (EW).
A DASA competition looking at novel protective solutions to protect against Uncrewed Aerial Systems kinetic attack
How to submit a proposal to the Defence and Security Accelerator
Guidance on Defence and Security Accelerator terms and conditions for funding, contracts and intellectual property rights.
This guidance explains our competition process and how your proposal is assessed.
Loans of up to £2 million with a below market interest rate of 7.4% per annum to help convert your mature defence innovation into a strong business proposition for defence procurement.
The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) supported by Innovate UK has launched a new opportunity to apply for grant funding.
DASA is seeking innovations that will enable deployed forces to move away from logistics resupply, towards self-sufficiency and enhanced operational energy.
Details of our past themed competitions.
DASA seeks novel methods of testing and evaluating for the future of defence
Projects awarded funding to develop innovative models to understand the effect of disparate technologies to reduce the impact of offshore windfarms on UK Air Defence.
Up to £500,000 is available to develop innovative models to understand the effect of disparate technologies to reduce the impact of offshore windfarms on UK Air Defence
How to get in touch with DASA for advice and guidance
DASA seeks innovations to provide protection for land based assets from air attacks
The DfT are seeking innovations to develop roadside evidential drug testing capability to enable effective enforcement of drug driving offending.
QUICKBLOCK’s innovative building block system enables the Armed Forces to build defensive structures rated for ballistics and blast protection
VRAI secured a DASA Defence Innovation Loan to help commercialise their data capture and analysis technology to help the RAF rapidly assess airmanship in future aviators
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