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Defence and Security Accelerator funded contracts: 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2020
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1. Open Call for Innovation
Find out more about the Open Call for Innovation competition
| Organisation and type | Defence and Security Accelerator reference and project title | Contract value | Cycle |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cambridge Intelligent Systems UK Ltd (Micro SME) | ACC2006330: Attention-Aware System for Mixed and Augmented Reality Controls in Armoured Vehicles | £114,870.00 | 1 |
| Sentinel sUAS Ltd trading as Senitinel Unmanned (Micro SME) | ACC2006617: Fusion of data signalling and machine learning to reduce risk to human life through an enhanced, unmanned, ability to accurately detect explosive threats | £349,072.76 | 2 |
| Adaptix Ltd (SME) | ACC2007464: Non-invasive detection of physical tampering of electronic devices | £204,450.40 | 2 |
| IDPortal Limited (Micro SME) | ACC2007510: Selectively flexible fairings, propellers and hydrofoils | £405,594.00 | 2 |
| University of Nottingham (Academia) | ACC2007684: Enabling uncertainty quantification in radar imaging | £99,878.22 | 2 |
| BAE Systems (Large) | ACC2008009: IFA009 - Secure Open Data Sharing for Analytics | £99,863.72 | 2 |
| University of Reading (Academia) | ACC2008027: A Selective Indicator Spray System for Visual Disclosure of Sulfur Mustard | £99,880.07 | 2 |
| Plextek Services Limited (SME) | ACC2008036: A low-SWaPC mmWave Radar for Defence & Security | £97,873.50 | 2 |
| Awen Collective (Micro SME) | ACC2008261: PROJECT DOMINO - Enhancing cyber resilience on military industrial control system and operational technology networks | £244,605.75 | 2 |
| University of St Andrews (Academia) | ACC2008627: Operational Waste to Energy | £349,760.00 | 2 |
| TTP PLC (SME) | ACC2008681: Novel EPM: Directional Modulation | £50,000.00 | 2 |
| Advanced Material Development Ltd (Micro SME) | ACC2008729: Nanobarcoding - Authenticating Critical Components | £95,520.00 | 2 |
| Caledonian Photonics Limited (Micro SME) | ACC2008731: Miniaturised monolithic multi-wavelength laser for SWIR and MWIR marking and target hand-off | £83,300.00 | 2 |
| University of Portsmouth (Academia) | ACC2008738: IFA010 - P2RX7: the front line therapeutic target in soft tissue trauma | £99,982.00 | 2 |
| University of Bath (Academia) | ACC2008762: Multispectral Synthetic Aperture Sonar Data Products | £99,943.12 | 2 |
| DIEM Analytics Ltd (Micro SME) | ACC2008767: IFA009 - Digital Mannequin to make open data sharing within Defence constraints useful | £81,861.80 | 2 |
| INEX Microtechnology Limited (SME) | ACC2007519: Sovereign RF GaN MMIC | £606,191.00 | 2 |
| Astroscreen (Micro SME) | ACC2008228: Defending Democracy: Using Machine Learning and Disinformation Analytics to Detect Social Media Bots and Prevent Astroturfing | £42,110.88 | 2 |
| NWPRO LTD (SME) | ACC2008624: Tray Identification System (TIS) | £52,329.18 | 2 |
| Bristol Maritime Robotics (Micro SME) | ACC2008761: Underwater sensing and tracking with whiskers | £99,300.00 | 2 |
| Calytrix (SME) | ACC2007871: Common Synthetic Environment Prototype for Royal School of Artillery | £119,589.20 | 2 |
1.1 Open Call Emerging Innovations
| Organisation and type | Defence and Security Accelerator reference and project title | Contract value | Cycle |
|---|---|---|---|
| The University of Glasgow (Academia) | ACC2006313: Evaluation of Beta-Ga203 for high power, high frequency applications | £141,025.13 | 1 |
| Glic Ltd. (Micro SME) | ACC2006338: Autonomous vehicle reversing and trailer hitching and unhitching | £99,300.00 | 1 |
| Optocap (Large) | ACC2006444: UK Source of High-Power Laser Diodes | £90,790.00 | 1 |
| Chromacity Ltd (Micro SME) | ACC2006559: High Resolution Multi-Species Gas Analysis for Defence Applications | £95,053.45 | 1 |
| Digital Rail Limited (Micro SME) | ACC2006485: Fast Autonomous Screening on Trains (FAST) | £98,672.00 | 1 |
| Scytronix Ltd (Micro SME) | ACC2006358: Full-Vector, Wide Band RF near field imaging for security applications | £96,100.00 | 1 |
| INO (SME) | ACC2006279: IFA001-Terahertz Hand Held People Screening Device | £149,000.00 | 1 |
| University of the West of England, Bristol (Academia) | ACC2006314: 1FA005 Detection of peroxide based explosives and their precursors via their volatile signatures | £98,573.00 | 1 |
| McMaster University (Academia) | ACC2009045: Unobtrusive Inspection for On-body Threats Concealed under Clothing | £101,434.10 | 3 |
| Kelvin Nanotechnology Limited (Large) | ACC2009922: Micro-electro-mechanical-systems cells for deployable cold-atom sensors | £132,943.00 | 3 |
| iCOMAT Ltd (Micro SME) | ACC2010033: Fibre-Steering for Aeroelastic Tailoring of Fighter Aircraft Structures | £89,852.15 | 3 |
| Cranfield University- Shrivenham (Academia) | ACC2010172: Household products additives reducing the threat of illicit usage | £69,230.00 | 3 |
| University of Strathclyde (Academia) | ACC2010180: Hybrid chip-scale optical platform for efficient frequency comb generation | £146,610.17 | 3 |
| University of Huddersfield (Academia) | ACC2010508: Manufacturing Novel Artificial Electromagnetic Materials for Defense Applications | £82,179.66 | 3 |
| Brunel University London (Academia) | ACC2010515: Morphing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (MORPHUAV): Realising future flight capabilities | £87,928.00 | 3 |
| National Physical Laboratory (Large) | ACC2010523: Microwave Scanning of Manufactured Material Surfaces (MiSoMMS) | £98,298.00 | 3 |
| University of Nottingham, School of Physics and Astronomy (Academia) | ACC2010678: IFA003 - Improved Magnetic Induction Tomography for Security Applications | £75,505.84 | 3 |
| Lanterne Ltd (Micro SME) | ACC2010693: Lanterne Conflict Prediction | £96,246.00 | 3 |
| PA Consulting (Large) | ACC2010703: IFA015 Phase 0 research study to understand the risk of chemical and explosives precursors found in household products and the opportunities to replace them | £126,303.00 | 3 |
| aiPatient (Micro SME) | ACC2010708: Design and development of a military Virtual Standardised Patient platform for improving medical training | £99,820.00 | 3 |
| University of Edinburgh (Academia) | ACC2012828: Subcarrier Intensity Modulation and Coding for Turbulence Mitigation in Free-Space Optical Communications | £99,849.90 | 4 |
| Saab Technologies UK Ltd (Large) | ACC2013333: Combatting UAV swarms - A task for MIMO radar | £99,887.00 | 4 |
| DefendTex Limited (SME) | ACC2012815: Pangolin Protective System 1 (PPS1) | £183,000.00 | 4 |
| Preligens (SME) | ACC2013004: Active learning for remote sensing | £96,500.00 | 4 |
| Frazer-Nash Consultancy (Large) | ACC2013331: Human Insider Vulnerability Evaluation (HIVE) Model | £70,394.55 | 4 |
| Ancon Technologies Ltd (SME) | ACC2013395: A compact high-performance solution for rapid CWA detection | £99,471.63 | 4 |
| Steller Systems Ltd (SME) | ACC2012883: Phase 3 Development of an Autonomous Hybrid Vessel (WRAITH) for Disruptive Warfare | £223,350.00 | 4 |
| PhoenixC4i Ltd (Micro SME) | ACC2013490: UHF Electronic Warfare Antenna Protection | £29,750.00 | 5 |
| University of Glasgow (Academia) | ACC2013492: Hybrid autophage engines for nanolauncher systems | £89,575.38 | 5 |
| Synbiosys Ltd (Micro SME) | ACC2013759: 50% lighter, 50% thinner transparent armour with armour piercing resistance | £96,020.00 | 5 |
| Immaterial Labs (Micro SME) | ACC2013807: Monolith-Enhanced Respiratory Protection | £98,075.00 | 5 |
| SouthWestSensor Ltd (Micro SME) | ACC2013835: A compact low-volume airborne pathogen detection device based on droplet microfluidics | £96,958.22 | 5 |
| INKEMIA GREEN CHEMICALS (SME) | ACC2013842: Safer sterilizers through green chemistry. | £83,210.09 | 5 |
| Goonhilly Earth Station Limited (SME) | ACC2014307: Passive RF Monitoring of High Value Assets in GEO | £96,047.54 | 6 |
| University of Surrey (Academia) | ACC2014344: Conceptual Frameworks for Strategic Net Assessment | £12,289.80 | 6 |
| University of Nottingham (Academia) | ACC2014387: Quantum Magnetometers for subsurface warfare | £33,176.87 | 6 |
| Clean Water Designs (Micro SME) | ACC2014412: High speed, low energy water purifier producing medical grade, safe drinking water in remote, harsh and challenging locations | £147,878.68 | 6 |
| PA Consulting (Large) | ACC2014510: Detection of cellular controlled drones by analysing network data usage. (P050763) | £89,829.00 | 6 |
| University of Leeds (Academia) | ACC2011654: Novel small-molecule therapeutics to enhance muscle regeneration after severe trauma | £89,186.90 | 4 |
| PA Consulting (Large) | ACC2012839: IFA014 Research and Design Solutions to Generate Positive Public Demand for Safer Chemical Products (P049075) | £149,700.00 | 4 |
| Bombardier Aviation (Large) | ACC2013279: Spotscrews | 146,968.64 | 4 |
1.2 Open Call Rapid Impact
| Organisation and type | Defence and Security Accelerator reference and project title | Contract value | Cycle |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trilateral Research (SME) | ACC2006356: Project Solebay – Stage II: Piloting a human security threat/vulnerability analysis capability | £345,075.00 | 1 |
| Createc (SME) | ACC2006360: Integrating Human and Robotic Survey Methods for an Innovative Naval Ship Inspection System (Survey-Fusion) | £174,036.61 | 1 |
| RE-Motive ltd (Micro SME) | ACC2006475: Innovative Engine Pre-Fuelling System for Clean Marine, Road and Genset Applications | £63,250.68 | 1 |
| TMD Technologies Ltd (SME) | ACC2006501: Compact Caesium Clock for GNSS Denied Holdover | £249,855.00 | 1 |
| Anzen Technology Systems (Micro SME) | ACC2006505: Patented Technology Securing Classified Data in the Commercial Cloud | £268,173.00 | 1 |
| Rowden Technologies (Micro SME) | ACC2006344: Development of a simulation tool tailored to support Reinforcement Learning for decision support and concept analysis | £350,000.00 | 1 |
| Transmedia Storyteller Ltd (Micro SME) | ACC2009025: Information Action Training Environment | £286,100.00 | 3 |
| Trauma Simulation Ltd (Micro SME) | ACC2009947: Major Trauma Damage Control Resuscitation & Surgery: Simulation Modularity and Flexibility | £222,967.57 | 3 |
| PA Consulting (Large) | ACC2010173: “Oxygene”: wide-area freedom of manoeuvre in the Electromagnetic Environment within an ultra-small size, weight, power and cost envelope | £86,000.00 | 3 |
| Amaroq Ltd (Micro SME) | ACC2010392: Rapid Impact Innovations - NATO SFP compliant man portable HACI OBM Trial | £377,891.00 | 3 |
| TWI Limited (Large) | ACC2010471: Cold Spray Repair of High Value Lightweight Alloy Components | £317,105.00 | 3 |
| Scanna MSC Ltd (SME) | ACC2010493: Speeding Up People Screening: Automatically Detecting Explosives in Shoes With a Step-on Electrical Permittivity Scanner | £190,000.00 | 3 |
| SimCentric Technologies (Micro SME) | ACC2010676: SAF-TAC : Immersive Reality based team training | £291,590.00 | 3 |
| BAE Systems Applied Intelligence Ltd (Large) | ACC2010720: Through Water Communications - Phase 2 | £830,000.00 | 3 |
| Createc (SME) | ACC2010736: IFA004: Real-time Rail Staff Security Alert System Using Autonomous Crowd Monitoring Technology (Station-Guardian) | £246,666.00 | 3 |
| Animal Dynamics Ltd. (SME) | ACC2010473: Low Energy Autonomous Navigation And Marine Propulsion | £255,102.00 | 3 |
| HORIBA MIRA (Large) | ACC2012997: RF-Achilles: Identifying, understanding and exploiting RF vulnerabilities for counter mobility | £308,701.15 | 4 |
| Advanced Blast & Ballistic Systems Limited (Micro SME) | ACC2013300: PUMPS - Passive Under-body Mine Protection System | £41,108.80 | 4 |
| UtterBerry (SME) | ACC2013308: Linking passengers and baggage during x-ray screening with AIoT smart sensors and blockchain | £521,736.00 | 4 |
| Nottingham Scientific Ltd (SME) | ACC2013421: NAVWAR Data Analytics Sensor | £100,322.00 | 5 |
| Azur Innovation (Micro SME) | ACC2013753: F-GAP (Foam Gap Accessibility Provision) | £133,250.00 | 5 |
| Karsa Oy (Micro SME) | ACC2013785: Detection of chemical threats at vehicle checkpoint - improving sampling and operations | £188,010.87 | 5 |
| Deloitte LLP (Large) | ACC2013816: Secure Access to Third-Party Data (BLACKRIVER) | £351,018.00 | 5 |
| Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (Large) | ACC2013837: Exploitation of Carbonite-2 Satellite for Advanced GNSS Demonstration | £266,986.32 | 5 |
| Cranfield University (Academia) | ACC2013874: Refinement and Calibration of Methods for Measuring and Tracking Population Perception and Support in Defence Operations | £56,088.00 | 6 |
| Smith Myers Communications Ltd (SME) | ACC2014025: Integrated wide band ISR/comint system for UAV applications | £624,500.00 | 6 |
| TriCIS Ltd (SME) | ACC2014164: Secure mobility solution based on geographic fencing and zoning | £133,430.00 | 6 |
| Montvieux Limited (SME) | ACC2014370: ASAIR Phase 2: Operational Pilot & AI Narrative Generation | £192,455.71 | 6 |
| FlareBright Ltd (SME) | ACC2014891: SnapShot autonomous image-capture nanodrone user trial | £226,250.00 | 6 |
| University College London (Academia) | ACC2013291: Multi-Point, Tactile, Visual Banknote Security Features with Light-Guiding Optics | £291,130.00 | 4 |
2. Joint Effort (Phase 1)
| Organisation and type | Defence and Security Accelerator reference and project title | Contract Value |
|---|---|---|
| Zentraxa Ltd (Micro) | ACC6005226: Thermally stable bio-adhesives for difficult surfaces | £97,370.00 |
| University of Surrey (Academic) | ACC6005282:Multi-functional Shape Memory Alloy Tufted Composite Joints (MuST) | £62,510.82 |
| BAE(Large/Prime) | ACC6005461:Hyjoi | £102,039.99 |
| Imperial College London (Academic) | ACC6005464: High Temperature Joints Fabricated Using Transient Liquids | £65,607.00 |
| TWI Ltd (Large/Prime) | ACC6005897: Alternative approaches for ceramic to metal joining for high temperature structures | £46,046.00 |
| Foresight Innovations (SME) | ACC6005898: A reliable method to join mismatched composite components – Soni-Join | £109,947.98 |
| BMT Defence & Security UK Ltd (Large/Prime) | ACC6005903: Behaviour of Adhesives for Fasteners under Non-Contact Underwater Explosion Shock Conditions – BAF-NCUE | £79,250.01 |
3. Joint Effort (Phase 2)
Find out more about the Joint Effort Phase 2 competition
| Organisation and type | Defence and Security Accelerator reference and project title | Contract value |
|---|---|---|
| Zentraxa Limited (Micro SME) | ACC6011071: Thermally stable de-bondable bio-adhesives for modular assembly | £163,277.00 |
| University of Surrey (Academia) | ACC6013531: Multi-functional Shape Memory Alloy Tufted Composite Joints (MuST) - Phase II | £184,000.99 |
| Foresight Innovations Ltd (Micro SME) | ACC6013717: Soni-Join Phase 2 | £244,083.80 |
| TWI Ltd (Large) | ACC6013491: Alternative approach to ceramic to metal joining - Phase 2 | £65,651.00 |
4. Defence People Stage 2
| Organisation and type | Defence and Security Accelerator reference and project title | Contract Value |
|---|---|---|
| DIEM analytics Ltd (Micro) | ACC6008162: DUChESS Phase 2 | £148,633.96 |
| University of Kent (Academic) | ACC6008005: Proposal 1: Brain Endurance Training (BET) to Improve Resistance to Fatigue and Multitasking Performance (British Army) | £149,940.55 |
| Daden Ltd (SME) | ACC6007739: Virtual Life Coach | £149,896.10 |
| Affect In Ltd (Micro) | ACC6007732: Tracking Expertise During Training - RAF(DCASO) | £136,928.00 |
| University of Kent (Academic) | ACC6008023: Proposal 2: Brain Endurance Training (BET) to Improve Resistance to Fatigue and Multitasking Performance (Royal Air Force) | £141,324.11 |
| QinetiQ (Large/Prime) | ACC6007632: Transforming Employee Engagement through the Provision of Real-Time Data | £149,994.53 |
| Affect In Ltd (Micro) | ACC6008208: Tracking Expertise During Training - JFC (Defence Academy) | £108,645.00 |
5. Airport Vehicle Checkpoint Screening Phase 2
| Organisation and type | Defence and Security Accelerator reference and project title | Contract Value |
|---|---|---|
| Plextek Services Ltd (SME) | ACC6008398: Handheld Radar for Hidden Object Detection (Phase 2) | £330,070.00 |
| Plextek Services Ltd (SME) | ACC6009248: Rapid Engine Compartment Inspection Using Radar (Phase 2) | £311,575.00 |
| University College London (Academic) | ACC6008813: Vehicle Checkpoint with Atomic Magnetometers - Phase 2 (VECAM-P2) | £223,676.03 |
6. FASS Trialling (Testing and Trialling)
| Organisation and type | Defence and Security Accelerator reference and project title | Contract Value |
|---|---|---|
| Telesecurity Sciences Ltd (Micro) | ACC6008856: Vendor Neutral Common Viewing Station (VCS) trial | £66,110.00 |
| Scanna MSC Ltd (SME) | ACC6009009:Airport Trial: Shoe Scanner Based on 3D Permitting Sensing | £8,700.00 |
| GreyScan (SME) | ACC6009228: Airport trial of Inorganic trace detector | £35,780.80 |
| Risk Reasoning Ltd (Micro) | ACC6009268:Intelligent threat detection in vehicles (iTDV) | £99,834.50 |
| Ceia UK (SME) | ACC6009276: CEIA EMIS Security Screening Devices | £17,190.00 |
7. Semi-autonomous Reconnaissance Vehicle for the Army
| Organisation and type | Defence and Security Accelerator reference and project title | Contract Value |
|---|---|---|
| SCISYS Ltd (Large/Prime) | ACC6006752: Flexible and deployable UGV Wingman controlled through open architectures | £349,621.00 |
| Leonardo MW Ltd (Large/Prime) | ACC6006837: Wildcat Integrated MUM-T Solution | £595,010.00 |
| TEKEVER LTD (SME) | ACC6007444: EMAP | £199,820.00 |
| GENERAL DYNAMICS LAND SYSTEMS (Large/Prime) | ACC6007551: A Full AJAX-based UAS and UGV MUM-T Demonstration to address the need for surveillance in the widely dispersed operational environment of the future. | £493,014.94 |
| Horiba Mira (Large/Prime) | ACC6007946: VIKING MUM-T AI Perception based Semi-Autonomous Recce UGV | £499,407.00 |
| QinetiQ (Large/Prime) | ACC6007948: QinetiQ Toolset for Airborne Collaboration (QTAC) | £594,576.00 |
8. Get the Ship in Shape: Accounting for, and Tracking, Personnel
| Organisation and type | Defence and Security Accelerator reference and project title | Contract Value |
|---|---|---|
| Biaccon Limited(Micro) | ACC6006057: Accounting For and Tracking Personnel | £45,000.00 |
| eLansys Limited(Micro) | ACC6005956: eLansign: Ultrasonic personal accounting and tracking system | £43,496.00 |
| Kinsetsu Limited(Micro) | ACC6006010: Bravo Zulu | £67,271.00 |
| MConnected Limited (SME) | ACC6006187: Developing the Access/Egress & Locational Technology within HMS Queen Elizabeth | £86,700.00 |
9. Space to Innovate
| Organisation and type | Defence and Security Accelerator reference and project title | Contract Value |
|---|---|---|
| Harwell Associates Limited (Micro) | ACC6006677: GEOMON | £170,410.00 |
| Oxford Space Systems (SME) | ACC6006990: Development of an innovative & scalable reflector surface for modifying the RF signature of space assets. | £200,000.00 |
| Fraunhofer UK (SME) | ACC6007535: LINDOSS - Laser INscribeD Optical Systems for Space | £176,334.00 |
| mBryonics Ltd (Micro) | ACC6007707: Skylark | £199,780.00 |
| QinetiQ Business Unit Farnborough (Large/Prime) | ACC6007714: Development and Demonstration of a Rapid and Robust Optical Alignment Technique for Tactical Optical Ground Station Deployment | £135,057.01 |
| Veoware (Micro) | ACC6007867: 30x greater agility for small satellites using a new and innovative Micro-Control Moment Gyroscope for ISR and other Defence and Security | £189,00.00 |
| Teledyne e2v (Large/Prime) | ACC6007881:Development of III-V Barrier Diode Radiation-Hard Infrared Detectors for Space Applications | £175,874.41 |
| University Of Strathclyde (Academic) | ACC6007910: High power, wideband millimetre wave source for space object identification | £198,719.77 |
| University of Warwick (Academic) | ACC6007939: Development of a multi-band optical & infra-red sensor for characterisation of objects in low-Earth orbit | £186,365.99 |
| University of Birmingham (Academic) | ACC6007955:Long Range Sub-Terahertz Inverse Synthetic Aperture Radar Recognition of Space Objects from Space –SubTerIS | £187,540.46 |
| MDA Space Robotics (SME) | ACC6008020: IR-GUARD : Infra-Red Camera for Guided Area Defence | £189,461.57 |
| Roke Manor Research Ltd (Large/Prime) | ACC6008183: Defence Against Spoofing | £131,092.12 |
10. Future Screening for Aviation and Borders
| Organisation and type | Defence and Security Accelerator reference and project title | Contract Value |
|---|---|---|
| Cranfield University (Academic) | ACC6007509: HEROS: High Energy Resolver for Cargo Screening | £140,758.00 |
| Metrasens Ltd (SME) | ACC6007553: Smart Metal Detector - for airport and general security checkpoint screening | £118,632.00 |
| Cambridge University (Academic) | ACC6007937: Extending Automatic Prohibited Item Detection to 3D Computed Tomography Security Screening | £75,409.59 |
| Sequestim Ltd (Micro) | ACC6007952: Certification-ready Walk-through Passenger Security Screening | £163,925.00 |
| Rapiscon Lab Inc (Large/Prime) | ACC6008165: Neutron Inspection of Cargo by Elements (NICE) | £101,449.35 |
| QinetiQ (Large/Prime) | ACC6008330: Real-time adaptive human-machine teaming | £112,261.67 |
| Halo X-Ray Tech (Micro) | ACC6008370: Alarm Registration Capability (ARC) | £120,500.60 |
| Durham University (Academic) | ACC6007893: Extending Automatic Prohibited Item Detection to 3D Computed Tomography Security Screening | £75,409.59 |
| UCL (Academic) | ACC6007943: Single-shot screening for security applications | £27,833.46 |
| Msquared (SME) | ACC6008001: Real Time Trace Detection by Active Heterodyne Spectrometry | £82,770.00 |
| University of Warwick (Academic) | ACC6008031: R-DIPS: Real-time Detection of Concealment of Intent for Passenger Screening | £144,999.94 |
| University Of Strathclyde (Academic) | ACC6008259: Rapid material identification using tuneable radiation and particle beams | £154,842.74 |
| Iconal technologies (Micro) | ACC6008360: Multi-sensor hand-held detector for alarm resolution | £88,442.50 |
| Micro-X Ltd (SME) | ACC6008343: Enhanced threat detection utilising combined 3D x-ray transmission with 3D x-ray backscatter imaging | £98,400.00 |
| Rapiscan Systems Ltd (Large) | ACC6008375: Aviation Explosive Detection System alarm resolution using Artificial Intelligence | £102,566.20 |
11. Intelligent Ship
| Organisation and type | Defence and Security Accelerator reference and project title | Contract Value |
|---|---|---|
| Daden Ltd (SME) | ACC6008623: AiDA - Artificial Intelligence Decision Aid: a Virtual Ship Persona for supporting mission planning and aiding decisions | £98,950.00 |
| Nottingham Trent University (Academic) | ACC6008811: Measuring Autonomy-Team Effectiveness (MATE) | £84,651.00 |
| Roke Manor Research Ltd (Large/Prime) | ACC6009011: Force TEWA Using Deep Reinforcement Learning | £99,502.22 |
| GE Energy Power Conversion UK Ltd (Large/Prime) | ACC6009013: Virtual Engine Room - Future, Intelligent Energy System for the Mission | £98,182.28 |
| Affect in Ltd (Micro) | ACC6009141: Optimising Interactions between humans and intelligent systems | £92,970.00 |
| Montvieux Limited (SME) | ACC6009205: Alternative Maritime Futures Prediction | £99,438.93 |
| Frazer-Nash Consultancy (Large/Prime) | ACC6009217: Damage control strategy automation by deep learning | £99,947.25 |
| decisionLab (SME) | ACC6009219: CIAO - Compounded Intelligent Agents for Optimisation | £99,982.00 |
| Thales UK (Large/Prime) | ACC6009237: The Cobotic Ops Room: Human-AI Dialogue in Ops Room | £99,525.60 |
12. Countering Drones
| Organisation and type | Defence and Security Accelerator reference and project title | Contract Value |
|---|---|---|
| Airspeed Electronics Ltd (Micro) | ACC6006379: MANTIS: MAchine learNing acousTIc Surveillance | £98,900.00 |
| BAE Systems Applied Intelligence Ltd (Large/Prime) | ACC6006385: C-UAS µwDEW | £96,870.00 |
| Autonomous Devices Limited (Micro) | ACC6006605: Orthus | £99,696.00 |
| Thales UK Ltd – Glasgow (Large/ Prime) | ACC6006635: A Complex Deep Learning Classifier for a Staring Radar | £95,075.80 |
| QinetiQ Business Unit Farnborough (Large/Prime) | ACC6006638: JASPR | £98,514.99 |
| Animal Dynamics (SME) | ACC6006654: UAV Swarm as a C-UAV system | £99,300.00 |
| Plextek Services Limited (SME) | ACC6006690: Miniature Radar for Hunter Killer UAS | £99,755.00 |
| PA Consulting (Large/Prime) | ACC6006753: P045316-1 Drone Detection & Tracking using Cellular Signal Boosters/Repeaters (4G and 5G) | £74,303.50 |
| University College London (University) | ACC6006825: Multistatic C-UAV Target Classification | £99,970.47 |
| Cubica Technology Ltd (SME) | ACC6006827: Pushing the Limits of EO-based C-UAS for Recognition of Long Range and Swarming Threats | £100,000.00 |
| University of Cambridge (University) | ACC6007327: BAYESIAN INTENT PREDICTION FOR THREAT DETECTION IN DRONE SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS | £99,617.00 |
| BAE Systems Applied Intelligence Ltd (Large/Prime) | ACC6007328: Passive & Covert Drone Detection | £98,700.00 |
| QinetiQ Business Unit Farnborough (Large/Prime) | ACC6007378: Countering Drones - Coherent tracking of UAS control links in complex environments | £99,840.80 |
| MBDA UK Ltd (Large/Prime) | ACC6007381: Novel Effects Demonstration for C-UAS | £99,879.28 |
| RiskAware Ltd (SME) | ACC6007382: Enhanced Drone Identification and Target Tracking System (EDITTS) | £94,916.84 |
| Plextek Services Limited (SME) | ACC6007409: RF Inhibition of Drones Whilst Minimising Fratricide | £99,970.50 |
| Northumbria University (University) | ACC6007422: D-FOCUS: Drone-FOrmation Control for countering future Unmanned aerial Systems | £99,921.74 |
| Northrop Grumman (Large) | ACC6007424: Disrupting drones through Cyber and Sensor vulnerabilities | £99,620.89 |
13. Developing the Royal Navy’s Autonomous Underwater Capability
| Organisation and type | Defence and Security Accelerator reference and project title | Contract Value |
|---|---|---|
| MSubs Ltd (SME) | ACC6006832: UK XLUUV Test Platform | £997,490.79 |
14. Regenerative Medicine at the Front Line (Phase 2)
| Organisation and type | Defence and Security Accelerator reference and project title | Contract Value |
|---|---|---|
| University of Nottingham (Academia) | ACC6007330: ReGENErate: Promoting regeneration and preventing soft tissue loss at the front-line using gene therapy and NPWT: Phase 2 - Technology exemplification | £395,782.77 |
| University of Bristol (Academia) | ACC6007718: Engineered red cells with enhanced compatibility and storage properties phase 2 | £250,000.00 |
15. Novel Chemistry to Reduce the Risk from Household Products
| Organisation and type | Defence and Security Accelerator reference and project title | Contract Value |
|---|---|---|
| Unilever Ltd (Large) | ACC6008235: Novel high performing mild toilet cleaners | £124,715.15 |
| Brunel University London (Academia) | ACC6008276: Nanoengineered ambient dry acids (NADA) via biomimetic design | £123,745.00 |
| Peter Fisk Associates Limited (SME) | ACC6008348: Novel chemistry to reduce the risk from household products: focus on acetone replacement | £99,855.00 |
| QinetiQ Farnborough (Large) | ACC6008489: Disruptive additives for the manufacture of Home Made Explosives | £124,097.75 |
16. Stopping it in its Tracks (Phase 2)
| Organisation and type | Defence and Security Accelerator reference and project title | Contract Value |
|---|---|---|
| Azur Innovation (Micro SME) | ACC6008380: Composite Obscurant and Soft Kill (COSK) - Phase 2 | £654,932.00 |
| Synbiosys Ltd (Micro SME) | ACC6009263: NOLED - NOn-Lethal Entanglement Device | £724,510.00 |
| QinetiQ Farnborough (Large) | ACC6009318: A Novel Passive Entanglement Device for Tracked Vehicle Stopping | £526,910.00 |
| Autonomous Devices Limited (Micro SME) | ACC6009452: Cerberus II - Option 1 | £641,704.00 |
17. Predictive Cyber Analytics (Phase 2)
| Organisation and type | Defence and Security Accelerator reference and project title | Contract Value |
|---|---|---|
| RiskAware Ltd (SME) | ACC6008751: Operational CyberspaCe Attack Modelling - Real-Time (OCCAM-RT) | £453,093.94 |
| decisionLab (SME) | ACC6009044: Cyber Arms-Race Experimentation: Predicting the Evolution of Cyber Threats and Defence Using Advanced Machine Learning | £239,814.00 |
| Montvieux Limited (SME) | ACC6009322: Predictive Cyber Analytics Service (PCAS) Phase 2 | £248,468.45 |
18. The Invisible Battlespace (Phase 2)
| Organisation and type | Defence and Security Accelerator reference and project title | Contract Value |
|---|---|---|
| Thales UK Ltd (Large) | ACC6009241: Dynamic Radio Frequency Countermeasure Optimisation using novel AI techniques | £316,604.90 |
| University College London (Academia) | ACC6009683: RFSoC Multi-function RF Exploitation - Phase 2 | £319,782.39 |
| Thales UK Ltd (Large) | ACC6009861: Radar Counter Electronic Warfare Demonstration (Phase 2) | £120,610.56 |
| Rowden Technologies (Micro SME) | ACC6009963: Intelligent Systems for Specific Emitter Identification (2) | £318,550.00 |
| Plextek Services Limited (SME) | ACC6009967: Phase 2 - Robust Communications using Directional mm-Waves | £349,800.00 |
19. Point of Care Diagnostics at the Front Line (Phase 1)
| Organisation and type | Defence and Security Accelerator reference and project title | Contract Value |
|---|---|---|
| AgPlus Diagnostics Limited (SME) | ACC6009362: Detection and monitoring of infection at PoC with a novel diagnostic platform | £148,496.29 |
| Fraunhofer UK Research Ltd (SME) | ACC6009920: NIMBLE: Nanophotonic Interferometer for Multi-target BiochemicaL dEtection | £149,945.94 |
| Osler Diagnostics (SME) | ACC6009944: Universal PoC diagnostic platform to support the Defence and Security community | £122,307.40 |
| University of Birmingham (Academia) | ACC6009996: Integrated-Optofluidic Device Technology for Timely Detection of Biochemical Hazards: IDTech | £147,000.00 |
| University of Reading (Academia) | ACC6010011: Rapid, Smartphone Compatible, Low-resource setting universal ELISA platform | £61,358.00 |
| University of Strathclyde (Academia) | ACC6010157: Multi microelectrode arrays for sensitive immuno marker and pathogen detection | £99,935.15 |
| Duke University (Academia) | ACC6010469: SUPER D4 point-of-care test | £131,416.83 |
| Glyconics (Micro SME) | ACC6010470: FTIR analyte PoC diagnostics | £137,120.38 |
20. Autonomy in Challenging Environments Phase 1
| Organisation and type | Defence and Security Accelerator reference and project title | Contract Value |
|---|---|---|
| University of Dundee (Academia) | ACC6010025: IVILO: An Immersive 3D Visualisation Interface for Live UAV Operations | £84,976.00 |
| Plextek Services Limited (SME) | ACC6010182: Directional-Transponder for Autonomous Vehicles | £99,525.00 |
| Autonomous Devices Limited (Micro SME) | ACC6010486: Aeolus I | £99,981.00 |
| Autonomous Devices Limited (Micro SME) | ACC6010487: Aeolus II | £79,170.00 |
| SeeByte Limited (Large) | ACC6010669: Communications And maRine aUtonomouS rObots in challenging environments (CARUSO) | £99,411.44 |
| Archangel Imaging (SME) | ACC6010672: Multi-sensor AI: GAN-assisted transfer learning between sensors and platforms | £99,200.80 |
| Sonardyne International Limited (Large) | ACC6010681: Alternative navigation systems for MCM unmanned surface vessels operating in GPS denied environments | £98,220.00 |
| Imperial College London (Academia) | ACC6010688: Real-time 3D Vision for UAS Awareness in Challenging Environments | £99,083.01 |
| Deep Vision (Micro SME) | ACC6010689: Continuous, Passive EO Situational Awareness in Variable Maritime Conditions | £77,516.80 |
| HORIBA MIRA (Large) | ACC6010726: Advanced Multi-Spectral, Multi-Baseline Stereo Vision with AI for Autonomy | £99,963.28 |
| Beamagine SL (Micro SME) | ACC6010759: Depth imaging in turbid media using polarimetric information | £99,935.00 |
| Frazer-Nash Consultancy (Large) | ACC6010819: Airwake Quiescence Prediction System | £94,987.50 |
| Animal Dynamics Ltd (SME) | ACC6010938: Shearwater AWUAS | £98,058.00 |
| Fleetonomy.ai (Micro SME) | ACC6010945: Situational Awareness for Autonomous UAV Operations in Dense Urban Context using mm-wave Radar | £91,900.00 |
| Zenotech Ltd (Micro SME) | ACC6011002: AIRSIGHT | £100,000.00 |
| Blue Bear Systems Research Ltd (SME) | ACC6011009: “Heads Up!” - Novel human-machine supervision & re-synchronisation enabled through Augmented-Reality vision | £99,983.00 |
| Animal Dynamics Ltd (SME) | ACC6011010: GPS denied submerged open ocean navigation: fusion of sensors, data and movement behaviour for magnetic positioning | £96,359.00 |
| Plextek Services Limited (SME) | ACC6011024: Automatic Radar Training for Autonomous Vehicles | £99,890.00 |
| Animal Dynamics Ltd (SME) | ACC6011027: RayDrive: permitting autonomy in challenging benthic, littoral environments | £99,811.00 |
| Createc (SME) | ACC6011029: An innovative imaging system using mmWave Radar to position an autonomous vehicle in Low Visibility environments and then locate the position on an untrusted map (LV-Navigator) | £94,823.60 |
| QinetoQ Farnborough (Large) | ACC6011050: Autonomy in challenging environments | £96,737.15 |
21. FASS Testing (Testing and Trialling)
| Organisation and type | Defence and Security Accelerator reference and project title | Contract Value |
|---|---|---|
| Laser Optical Engineering Ltd (Micro SME) | ACC6009685: FAssTest ExDtect | £23,814.35 |
| Nanosniff Technologies Pvt Ltd (SME) | ACC6009689: Testing of an Explosives Trace Detector based on MEMS Microheater Technology | £45,095.00 |
| NWPRO Ltd (SME) | ACC6010477: Deeper Scan | £42,300.00 |
22. Advanced Vision for 2020 and Beyond
| Organisation and type | Defence and Security Accelerator reference and project title | Contract Value |
|---|---|---|
| University of Strathclyde (Academia) | ACC6010078: Neuromorphic processing detection and tracking of fast moving targets | £269,231.92 |
| University of Bristol (Academia) | ACC6011916: Learning-optimal Deep Visual Compression | £90,884.48 |
| University of Stirling (Academia) | ACC6012885: Deep Learning for Depth-Based Image Segmentation | £98,251.45 |
| Thales UK Ltd- Reading (Large) | ACC6012898: Scene understanding for sustained situational awareness | £112,315.15 |
| Heriot-Watt University (Academia) | ACC6012970: Imaging in Extreme Conditions using Single-Photon Detection | £396,594.79 |
| Teledyne e2v (Large) | ACC6012995: Development of 2-Colour T2SL Detector Technology | £400,000.00 |
| Iceni Labs (SME) | ACC6013222: Transparent thermal sensors - towards transmissive single-scope multi-spectrum imaging systems | £396,000.00 |
| Spectra Medical Limited (Micro SME) | ACC6013282: Partial Coherence Synthetic Aperture Imaging | £57,168.00 |
| Frazer-Nash Consultancy (Large) | ACC6013284: OPTICS - Optimal Processing Through Intelligent Code Selection | £65,340.00 |
| QinetiQ Farnborough (Large) | ACC6013364: Long range laser vibrometry for vehicle identificaiton | £110,275.03 |
| University of Exeter (Academia) | ACC6013369: Active phase-change metasurfaces for fast compact beam steerers with no moving parts | £144,712.28 |
| QinetiQ Farnborough (Large) | ACC6013404: Very High Range Resolution LIDAR | £77,347.94 |
| Living Optics (Micro SME) | ACC6013406: Low Cost, High Performance IR Hyperspectral Imaging | £145,501.00 |
23. Take Cover! Phase 2
| Organisation and type | Defence and Security Accelerator reference and project title | Contract Value |
|---|---|---|
| Prodrive (SME) | ACC6010931: Quick-Deploying and Modular Barrier (Q-DAMB) Phase 2 | £197,014.00 |
| Forth Engineering (Micro SME) | ACC6011014: Stacking mud. Optimised battlefield protection | £110,758.00 |
| Quick Block Ltd (Micro SME) | ACC6011139: QuickBlock Defence | £154,040.00 |
| QinetiQ Farnborogh (Large) | ACC6011639: Thermo-shell: An air actuated, lightweight, manportable structure | £100,000.01 |
24. Bioprocessing Waste into Reusable Products
| Organisation and type | Defence and Security Accelerator reference and project title | Contract Value |
|---|---|---|
| Northern Engineering Solutions Ltd (SME) | ACC6011058: Biological OiL Treatment System (BOLTS) | £326,684.40 |
| UCL (Academia) | ACC6011063: New microbial consortia for breaking down MOD oil and diesel waste materials into useful end products | £211,244.03 |
| The University of Sheffield (Academia) | ACC6011624: Engineering an algal-bacterial consortium for effective treatment of mixed hydrocarbon waste with resource recovery | £296,258.26 |
| Liverpool John Moores University (Academia) | ACC6011644: Microbial communities for waste oil attenuation | £184,408.50 |
25. Metasurfaces for Defence and Security (Phase 2)
| Organisation and type | Defence and Security Accelerator reference and project title | Contract Value |
|---|---|---|
| Hooley Research Ltd (Micro SME) | ACC6011069: Mechatronic dynamic metasurface for Beamforming | £159,840.00 |
| University of Southampton (Academia) | ACC6011239: Demonstrator of a Large Area Electro-Optical Emissivity Control Metasurface | £248,265.49 |
| QinetiQ Farnborough (Large) | ACC6011655: Large-area broadband adaptive metasurfaces composed of N-layered materials | £200,000.00 |
26. Don’t Blow It! Safely Eliminating Munitions on the Battlefield (Phase 2)
Find out more about the Don’t Blow It! Safely Eliminating Munitions on the Battlefield Phase 2 competition
| Organisation and type | Defence and Security Accelerator reference and project title | Contract value |
|---|---|---|
| Event Horizon Ltd (SME) | ACC6013471: Toxic Agent Remotely Deployable Incinerator System Phase 2 | £397,604.00 |
| Valent Applications Ltd (Micro SME) | ACC6013511: PERSES CA LIGHTWEIGHT ACCESS & DESTROY SYSTEM | £823,536.00 |
| Mountain Horse Solutions (SME) | ACC6013517: Tick Vampire Phase 2 Complete | £490,882.76 |