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Defence and Security Accelerator funded contracts: 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023
Updated 18 October 2023
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1. FY22/23 - Rapid Impact
| Organisation and type | Defence and Security Accelerator reference and project title | Contract value | Cycle |
|---|---|---|---|
| Super-Sharp Space Systems Ltd (Micro SME) | ACC2029879: Development of a space-rated, unfolding, self-aligning TIR telescope | £299,475.00 | 1 |
| Electropagesmedia Limited (SME) | ACC2029908: Thundercloud - Tactical ECM Planning Capability | £154,760.00 | 1 |
| Artemis Optical Limited (SME) | ACC2029933: A truly wide-angle, shift-free laser protection filter (LPF) to reduce the visible signatures of tanks | £224,458.00 | 1 |
| Advai (Micro SME) | ACC2029946: Proposal to Create a One Shot Adversarial Artificial Intelligence Attack against Computer Vision Systems | £296,415.00 | 1 |
| Angoka Limited (SME) | ACC2029697: Retrofittable Hardware-Secure Communication Device (ReHawSec) | £346,830.00 | 1 |
| Zelim (SME) | ACC2029861: SARbox Phase II: Casualty/human detection in complex marine environments | £349,909.00 | 1 |
| Advai (SME) | ACC2029943: Create Physical Adversarial Patches to Manipulate Computer Vision Systems from the Physcial Domain | £314,434.00 | 1 |
| University of Southampton (Academia) | ACC2031785: Electronic Textile based Sensing Platform for Physical Biosignal Monitoring | £194,626.23 | 2 |
| University of Strathclyde (Academia) | ACC2031837: Neuromorphic Sensor Signal Processing for Track Before Detect | £282,703.02 | 2 |
| Swansea University (Academia) | ACC2031907: Advanced interpretation of wearable signals through a modelling-based characterisation of a soldier’s cardiovascular physiology | £199,664.09 | 2 |
| Rowden Technologies (SME) | ACC2032343: Novel and Adaptive C-IED Active Detection | £399,616.00 | 2 |
| Smallspark Space Systems (SME) | ACC2032344: moore.AI: Using novel multi-objective optimisation techniques to accelerate the design of Solid Rocket Motors | £292,565.75 | 2 |
| The Due Diligence Team Ltd (Micro SME) | ACC2032649: Intelligent Threat Identification, Classification and Location using RF Spectrum Techniques | £386,470.43 | 2 |
| Autonomous Devices Limited (Micro SME) | ACC2033537: Boreas | £246,250.00 | 2 |
| Swansea University (Academia) | ACC2034036: Simultaneous monitoring of glucose and lactate in ambulatory state using wearable patches | £199,961.08 | 2 |
| Sheffield Hallam University (Academia) | ACC2036403: Artificial Intelligence-based Software for the Smart Molecular Imaging of Fingermarks | £309,629.32 | 4 |
| University of Southampton (Academia) | ACC2037839: Autonomous robotic monitoring of subsea communication cables | £349,958.00 | 4 |
| AVoptics Ltd (SME) | ACC2037862: Radio-Free Tactical Optical Communications System with Extended Range | £119,260.00 | 4 |
| SmartIR (Micro SME) | ACC2037866: SmartIR Multidirectional Adaptive Thermal Camouflage | £349,536.75 | 4 |
| Moonraker Innovation Ltd (Micro SME) | ACC2038080: DASA Funding Application – Moonraker Innovation Ltd Modular Ladder. | £63,741.00 | 4 |
| Barnard Microsystems Limited (SME) | ACC2035248: Manage multiple UAVs at range in a contested environment - IFA022 | £349,782.00 | 3 |
| Allen-Vanguard Ltd (SME) | ACC2034585: Remote Fibre-Enabled Radioheads for Efficient ECM/EW Effect Delivery | £395,838.26 | 3 |
| Trauma Simulation Ltd (Micro SME) | ACC2034598: FEMALE MODULAR ACUTE LIFE-THREATENING EMERGENCY (F.E.M.A.L.E) SIMULATION MODEL: DAMAGE CONTROL RESUCITATION, SURGERY AND OBSTETRICS | £329,593.37 | 3 |
| CryoLogyx Ltd (Micro SME) | ACC2035553: Rapid-Washout Cryopreserved Blood for Combat Casualty Care | £319,250.07 | 3 |
| The Global Strategy Network (SME) | ACC2035653: Triangulating Conflict Events in Realtime | £349,850.00 | 3 |
| Smart Global Industries (Micro SME) | ACC2035777: Fully collapsible, man-packable, remotely operated, drop-stitch, electric jet ski | £197,700.00 | 3 |
| Thomas Gunston (Micro SME) | ACC2036202: Where to draw the line: Practical operating limits for high shock and vibration environments | £45,600.00 | 3 |
| University of Southampton (Academia) | ACC2035509: Nanostructured ESD-EMI shield coatings for high transparency electro-optic apertures | £349,994.67 | 3 |
| Smallspark Space Systems (SME) | ACC2036710: An improved method for active control of solid rocket motor performance | £188,099.88 | 4 |
| Halo X-ray Technologies (SME) | ACC2039990: Quality Assessment of Unspent Munitions (QUANTUM) | £205,835.42 | 5 |
| Parajet (SME) | ACC2038154: Novel low-acoustic signature propellor for powered personnel infiltration-exfiltration system | £221,411.33 | 5 |
| Limetools (Micro SME) | ACC2039394: ACCOMPLICE | £177,753.00 | 5 |
| University of St Andrews (Academia) | ACC2039817: Development of a portable oxygen generator for oxygen therapy | £343,840.57 | 5 |
| Landguard Systems Limited (SME) | ACC2039826: Optimising Miniature Antenna Performance for Challenging Environments | £87,795.00 | 5 |
| VOLTITUDE LTD (Micro SME) | ACC2039374: Super StratoSonde | £397,001.00 | 5 |
| PhoenixC4i Ltd (Micro SME) | ACC2039451: 2D LWIR Heat-mat for cost effective, deployable LWIR deception | £81,904.64 | 5 |
| LU Innovations Ltd (Micro SME) | ACC2039967: Menstrual Health Kit for Remote Environment | £133,840.00 | 5 |
| PhoenixC4i Ltd (Micro SME) | ACC2040146: EW Deception - SPARTACUS Phase 2 | £118,338.56 | 5 |
2. FY22/23 - Emerging Innovations
| Organisation and type | Defence and Security Accelerator reference and project title | Contract value | Cycle |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Stirling (Academia) | ACC2031858: Improving Sensory Performance with Machine Vision Enabled Multi-Sensory Augmented Reality | £66,040.26 | 2 |
| BioCorteX Ltd (Micro SME) | ACC2033690: Can altering the microbiome prevent Travellers’ diarrhoea in military personnel on deployment | £75,000.00 | 2 |
| Liberty Produce (Micro SME) | ACC2034014: Next Generation Personnel Nutrition | £70,000.00 | 2 |
| Fraunhofer UK Research Ltd (SME) | ACC2032659: DUV Tactical Datalink | £131,020.00 | 2 |
| University of Bristol (Academia) | ACC2034372: Enhancing human memory capacity through non-invasive neuromodulation | £67,322.96 | 3 |
| Heriot-Watt University (Academia) | ACC2035340: Subcutaneous Capsules for Autonomous Release of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients | £76,229.80 | 3 |
| Scytronix Ltd (Micro SME) | ACC2036361: Sixth sense solider | £69,700.00 | 3 |
| MBDA UK Limited (Large) | ACC2038047: DERWENT - U22-277-01 | £499,753.26 | 4 |
| QinetiQ Ltd (Large) | ACC2038084: High power battery for DEW | £115,588.04 | 4 |
| University of Edinburgh (Academia) | ACC2036431: Beyond Line of Sight Diffuse Optical Wireless Communication (BOLD) | £127,976.53 | 4 |
| Engineering Diversified Ltd (Micro SME) | ACC2037836: Microwave Antenna Gain Network for Electromagnetic Targeted Radiation (MAGNETAR) | £62,175.00 | 4 |
| University of Glasgow (Academia) | ACC2037863: READ: Reconfigurable IntElligent surfAces for Deployable orthogonal N-LOS communication | £99,999.51 | 4 |
| MBDA UK Limited (Large) | ACC2038043: ACUDL - U22-276-01 | £199,079.40 | 4 |
| Scientific Remote Sensing (Micro SME) | ACC2039728: Rapid Reaction Radio Relay (R4) | £109,200.00 | 5 |
| The University of Bolton (Academia) | ACC2039751: Benzoxazine based surface coatings for glass/carbon fibre-reinforced composites to withstand extreme high temperature oxidative and erosive environments and flash fire incidents | £99,982.90 | 5 |
| Lucideon Limited (SME) | ACC2039976: EBM AM of UHTCs | £199,465.00 | 5 |
| University of Surrey (Academia) | ACC2040138: Assessment of long term performance of CFRP-based folding antenna structures in the LEO environment | £250,000.00 | 5 |
| University of Nottingham (Academia) | ACC2039130: Morphing Magnetic Materials for Defence by Additive Manufacturing | £249,788.07 | 5 |
| Sheffield University (Academia) | ACC2039418: Distributed Non-Linear Materials for Thin Radar Absorbers | £121,462.49 | 5 |
| University of St Andrews (Academia) | ACC2039598: Photonic ceramic metasurfaces for challenging environments | £249,739.55 | 5 |
| University of Glasgow (Academia) | ACC2039985: Functional natively stretchAble Materials for body-centric cOmmUnication, Sensing, and powering (FAMOUS) | £227,774.43 | 5 |
| LumOptica Ltd (Micro SME) | ACC2039138: Smart Fibre Lasers | £159,428.00 | 5 |
3. FY22/23 - Security Rapid Impact
| Organisation and type | Defence and Security Accelerator reference and project title | Contract value | Cycle |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mikota Ltd (Micro SME) | ACC2029921: New and novel device for use by first responders to treat knife wounds in the field | £213,487.57 | 1 |
| Landguard Systems Limited (SME) | ACC2029935: Phase 3 of a Next Generation Surveillance Capability | £340,977.50 | 1 |
| Noakes Ltd (Micro SME) | ACC2032811: Proof of concept for protecting participants in a one-to-one or group call | £26,400.00 | 2 |
| VIZGARD Ltd (Micro SME) | ACC2033865: FortiSky: Vision-based Detect and Avoid System for BVLOS Police UAV Operations | £249,517.00 | 2 |
| Niaxo Ltd (Micro SME) | ACC2034037: Hybrid physical and synthetic training and modelling environment | £349,297.50 | 2 |
| Lilt, Inc (SME) | ACC2035325: Lilt: adaptive automatic translation technology capable of handling multiple languages in the same sentence | £400,000.00 | 3 |
| University of Exeter (Academia) | ACC2036158: Multi-use, hyperspectral latent fingerprint imaging | £132,780.85 | 3 |
| Plextek Services Limited (SME) | ACC2036184: Low-SWaP Ubiquitous Radar with Target Classification | £355,213.00 | 3 |
| Xenint Ltd (SME) | ACC2036194: A Fortuitous Non-Access Audio Eavesdrop Capability | £349,188.00 | 3 |
| NWPRO LTD (SME) | ACC2036252: Next Generation (NG) Computed Tomography (CT) Automated Threat Recognition (ATR) | £557,000.00 | 3 |
| University of Bath (Academia) | ACC2036340: An ultra-portable device for the Instant detection of Synthetic Cannabinoids | £203,008.06 | 3 |
| Iceni Labs (SME) | ACC2036345: Smart Microphone Array | £305,900.00 | 3 |
| Scanna MSC Limited (SME) | ACC2036348: Shoe Scanner Using Complex Permittivity Sensing for Aviation Security | £341,140.00 | 3 |
| Elemendar ltd (SME) | ACC2035635: ‘PTES-TEEMS’ - A PDF Tabular Extraction and Entity Modelling System that uses Advanced Information Modelling to apply a High Quality Data Model (HQDM) to improve data consistency and analysis processing in the intelligence cycle | £336,997.00 | 3 |
| NWPRO LTD (SME) | ACC2036373: Loose Identification (L-ID) | £330,750.00 | 3 |
| University of Glasgow (Academia) | ACC2036201: TinyFaces: Real-time Detection and Clustering of Small Faces in Videos | £282,409.65 | 3 |
| Zest Consult ltd (Micro SME) | ACC2035274: Detecting objects and events in Low Resolution Images with Synthetic Data & Machine Learning | £85,364.25 | 3 |
| Frazer-Nash Consultancy (Large) | ACC2034034: Police Close Support nUAS | £299,605.00 | 2 |
| Frazer-Nash Consultancy (Large) | ACC2036336: Police Counter-UAS Data Modelling Proposal | £180,220.00 | 3 |
| Liopa (Micro SME) | ACC2037878: Speech Analytics system for use in the near real-time analysis of CCTV footage | £153,310.00 | 4 |
| Niaxo Ltd (SME) | ACC2038053: Persistent Security - Traffic Monitoring | £349,707.50 | 4 |
| Optomel Ltd (Micro SME) | ACC2038899: Inkjet technology for next generation security printing | £134,000.00 | 5 |
| Quick Block Ltd (Micro SME) | ACC2039433: QUICKBLOCK: Rapid Assembly, Free Standing Hostile Vehicle Mitigation | £94,490.00 | 5 |
| Plextek Services Limited (SME) | ACC2039814: Harmonic Radar Prison Phone Detector | £276,160.00 | 5 |
4. Telexistence (Phase 2)
| Organisation and type | Defence and Security Accelerator reference and project title | Contract value |
|---|---|---|
| TNO (Academia) | ACC6029322: “HaBiTS 2” - Haptic Bimanual Telexistence System 2 | £397,657.94 |
| Sheffield University (Academia) | ACC6029403: Medical Telexistence Platform (MediTel) | £399,641.00 |
| Cyberselves Universal Ltd. (Micro SME) | ACC6029624: TEL-ND | £276,115.31 |
| Cyberselves Universal Ltd. (Micro SME) | ACC6029628: TEL-MED | £276,115.31 |
5. Remote Monitoring of Sensitive Sites (Phase 1)
| Organisation and type | Defence and Security Accelerator reference and project title | Contract value |
|---|---|---|
| Earth-i Limited (SME) | ACC6029711: DESTREAM - Deep Stack Remote Asset Monitoring | £75,000.00 |
| ANRA Technologies (Micro SME) | ACC6029843: UxS Site Mission Management with Integrated and Distributed Common Operating Picture (IDCOP) | £74,523.04 |
| Archangel Imaging (SME) | ACC6030927: ATOM (Argonaut TOwer Multifold) | £74,000.00 |
| Lynkeos Technology Ltd (Micro SME) | ACC6031105: Muography for Remote Integrity Monitoring of Nuclear Infrastructure | £36,098.00 |
| Durham University (Academia) | ACC6031106: Autonomous Persistent Wide Area Surveillance of Human and Vehicle Activity | £74,434.83 |
| ISS Group Ltd. (SME) | ACC6031135: AI Based Reactive Remote Sensing | £75,000.00 |
| National Physical Laboratory (Government Entity) | ACC6031142: Development of a practical Johnson noise thermometer | £74,960.00 |
| Autonomous Devices Limited (Micro SME) | ACC6031295: Theia | £74,900.00 |
| Telespazio VEGA UK Ltd (Large) | ACC6031758: Earth Observation for Water Related Anomalies (EO-4-WRA) | £75,000.00 |
| Decision Lab Ltd (SME) | ACC6031778: AUDI - Adversarial Units for Defensive Intelligence | £74,926.00 |
6. CHERI within Defence and Security (Phase 1)
| Organisation and type | Defence and Security Accelerator reference and project title | Contract value |
|---|---|---|
| CAPABILITIES LIMITED (Micro SME) | ACC6036483: CHERI-based compartmentalisation for web services on Morello | £99,980.02 |
| SKYLIFT UAV (Micro SME) | ACC6036681: Skyfleet UAV Communications | £88,600.00 |
| Cedyr Labs Ltd (Micro SME) | ACC6036839: Secure and resilient power subsystem for military aviation through CHERI capabilities and compartmentalisation | £84,800.00 |
| University of Kent (Academia) | ACC6036865: Embedded Rust for Morello in Defence Applications | £87,763.05 |
| Queen’s University Belfast (Academia) | ACC6037015: Exploring operational capabilities of Arm Morello for security configurations of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles | £99,846.55 |
| SeeByte Limited (Large) | ACC6037022: Secure Architecture for Enhanced Robotics - SAFER | £99,907.00 |
| Greeve Limited (SME) | ACC6037165: Utilisation of CHERI/Morello memory safety features in Health and Usage Monitoring Systems (HUMS) for military land vehicles | £88,125.00 |
| CAN PHANTOM LIMITED (SME) | ACC6037185: Morello CHERI MilCAN conversion application | £133,223.54 |
| Aralia Systems Ltd (Micro SME) | ACC6037226: A secure framework for low-cost surveillance sensors that incorporate machine learning | £67,691.16 |
| University of Glasgow (Academia) | ACC6037520: Secure MicroPython for Morello | £99,662.09 |
| Plextek Services Limited (SME) | ACC6037530: LoRa to SAPIENT Gateway | £100,000.00 |
| Tot Ei Limited (Micro SME) | ACC6037536: Wi-Fi: compartmentalizing access points | £96,690.00 |
| Mission Critical Applications Limited (Micro SME) | ACC6037543: Enhancing Morello with the seL4 kernel to increase security and resilience | £99,540.00 |
| L3 TRL Technology (Large) | ACC6037811: L3 Harris Proposal: Investigation into CHERI within Defence & Security | £99,794.17 |
| Thales UK Ltd (Large) | ACC6037822: Securing C intellectual property using CHERI ISA | £86,334.25 |
7. Disruptive Science and Technology Impacting the Future of Defence (Phase 1)
| Organisation and type | Defence and Security Accelerator reference and project title | Contract value |
|---|---|---|
| University of Strathclyde (Academia) | ACC6035837: Event-Driven LiDAR with Dynamic Neuromorphic Processing | £50,000.00 |
| QinetiQ Ltd (Large) | ACC6035839: Hybrid bio-synthetic eyes with human neuro-compatibility and enhanced functionalities | £50,000.00 |
| University of Southampton (Academia) | ACC6035858: Active Radar Cross-Section Manipulator using Low-temperature Plasma | £50,000.00 |
| Aphelion Industries Limited (Micro SME) | ACC6036193: Project FLYCATCHER: Exploring an “Always-Ready” Paradigm for Future In-Orbit Capabilities | £50,000.00 |
| University of Strathclyde (Academia) | ACC6036320: Microscopic Search-Capture-Annihilate Laser Particles (µSCALP) | £50,000.00 |
| Stellar Advanced Concepts Ltd (Micro SME) | ACC6036344: Frigatebird++ | £50,000.00 |
| Optomel Ltd (Micro SME) | ACC6036391: Structural photonic actuators for defence | £50,000.00 |
| Tumbling Dice Ltd (Micro SME) | ACC6036396: Reimagining the connection machine: A high performance hardware architecture for deploying fast machine learning ‘on the edge’ at low cost | £50,000.00 |
| University of Southampton (Academia) | ACC6036410: 3D Augmented Reality Displays Using Nonlinear Optics | £49,999.62 |
| Daden Ltd (SME) | ACC6036436: Shared Mental Models for Human Machine Teaming (SMM4HMT) | £50,000.00 |
| Heriot-Watt University (Academia) | ACC6036459: Zero-Index Enabler for Optical Neural Networks (ZENN) | £50,000.00 |
| University of Edinburgh (Micro SME) | ACC6036462: DISCUS: DNA Information Storage in a Complete Universal System | £50,000.00 |
| University College London (Academia) | ACC6036464: Low-frequency magnetic field synthesis | £50,000.00 |
| Rhea Space Activity (Micro SME) | ACC6036487: INFINITE EXCHANGE: Metamaterial Enabled Transfer of Momentum via Vacuum Umklapp Scattering | £49,844.00 |
| Wave Venture Ltd (Micro SME) | ACC6036496: Renewably Powered Underwater Glider for Defence | £50,000.00 |
| Riskaware Limited (SME) | ACC6036506: Low Cost Urban Swarm Technology: LOCUST | £47,140.50 |
| QinetiQ Ltd (Large) | ACC6036509: Modular micro-cubes with integrated miniaturised antenna for rapid three-dimensional mapping of hostile environments | £50,000.00 |
| UCL Consultants Ltd (Academia) | ACC6036696: AIs will be to Psychological Manipulation as Mice have been to Biomedicine | £50,000.00 |
| Easol Limited (SME) | ACC6036716: Project Elephant’s Feet | £50,000.00 |
| University of Strathclyde (Academia) | ACC6036725: Moth inspired directional acoustics | £50,000.00 |
| Motion Robotics Limited (Micro SME) | ACC6036759: Mass Deployment of Miniature Undetectable Surveillance Bots | £50,000.00 |
| Createc (SME) | ACC6036764: Soft drive | £50,000.00 |
| University of Newcastle (Academia) | ACC6036789: Neuromorphic Vision System (NEVIS) | £50,000.00 |
| Thales UK Ltd (Large) | ACC6036809: Evanescent Mode Detection: Novel Persistent Surveillance | £50,000.00 |
| Swansea University (Academia) | ACC6036819: Biomedical Intelligence: Artificial Blood Cells | £50,000.00 |
| Calyo Limited (Micro SME) | ACC6036820: Covert swarm last mile delivery solution based on ultrasound | £50,000.00 |
| Jacobs (Large) | ACC6036832: Soft Shelled Autonomous Underwater Vehicles for Extreme Depth and Stealth Operations | £50,000.00 |
8. Veterans’ Health Innovation Fund (Phase 1)
| Organisation and type | Defence and Security Accelerator reference and project title | Contract value |
|---|---|---|
| Radii Devices Ltd (Micro SME) | ACC6034606: Improving residual limb management and rehabilitation through user-reported data via a digital application | £258,353.50 |
| NuTissu Ltd (Micro SME) | ACC6035090: Rapid Healing of Chronic Wounds - Novel Patch/Dressing to Deliver Electrotherapy | £172,845.00 |
| Umio (Micro SME) | ACC6035782: Veteran chronic pain peer-support and self-learning/management ecosystem | £93,900.00 |
9. Engineering Biology (Phase 1)
| Organisation and type | Defence and Security Accelerator reference and project title | Contract value |
|---|---|---|
| University of Southampton (Academia) | ACC6034385: Bio-engineered nanocoating for eye protection against laser dazzling | £146,873.94 |
| University of Edinburgh (Micro SME) | ACC6034432: Power from biology: Energy Storage in Photo-charged Electrosynbionic Constructs Illuminated with Absorbable Light (ESPECIAL) | £144,562.53 |
| University of Newcastle (Academia) | ACC6034762: Light sensing in cell-free, smart biomaterials using modular cyanobacteriochrome photoreceptor domains | £104,921.29 |
| Zentraxa Limited (Micro SME) | ACC6034926: Bioadhesives for underwater bonding | £126,752.00 |
| University of Manchester (Academia) | ACC6034945: Biocatalytic Approaches for the Breakdown and Recycling of Composite Materials | £109,754.64 |
| University of Huddersfield (Academia) | ACC6035554: MWIR Bio-metamaterial Sensor | £108,950.27 |
| University of Kent (Academia) | ACC6035619: Talin Shock Absorbing Materials (TSAMs) | £127,997.66 |
| University of Portsmouth (Academia) | ACC6035668: Synthetic biology to develop enhanced body armour based on limpet tooth | £127,838.46 |
| QinetiQ Ltd (Large) | ACC6035734: Slime mould bio-templating for enhanced supercapacitor performance | £98,050.00 |
10. It’s Good for Missiles to Talk (Phase 1)
| Organisation and type | Defence and Security Accelerator reference and project title | Contract value |
|---|---|---|
| University of Leeds (Academia) | ACC6033834: Precision Time Synchronization | £198,023.49 |
| DefendTex Limited (SME) | ACC6034391: Autonomous System Framework | £198,540.00 |
| Steatite Ltd (SME) | ACC6034401: Sub-nanosecond timing over a free-space optical communication network | £199,902.15 |
| GMV NSL Limited (SME) | ACC6034672: IONICA (Improved Opportunistic Navigation through innovative collaborative AltNav techniques) | £148,775.00 |
| Black Sky Aerospace Pty Ltd (SME) | ACC6034676: Project DEMON (Distributed Encrypted Missile Operations Network) | £200,000.00 |
| Thales UK Ltd (Large) | ACC6034708: Collaborative SLAM with Intelligent Loop Closure | £122,677.20 |
| Decision Lab Ltd (SME) | ACC6034768: CANAME - Cooperative Agent Networks for Advanced Mission Execution | £136,116.00 |
| Cyceera Limited (Micro SME) | ACC6035267: Hyperdimensional Computing (HDC) Framework for Efficient AI/ML & Data Processing In Collaborative Missile applications | £62,209.50 |
| University of Liverpool (Academia) | ACC6035268: Co-operative Acquisition Tracking and Engagement (Co-ATE) | £85,664.00 |
| General Dynamics UK Ltd (Large) | ACC6035317: AI Assisted Dynamic Coordinated Effect Delivery within Cooperative Missile Network | £199,113.00 |
11. Advanced Radio Frequency Sensing, Integrated Effects and PNT (Phase 1)
| Organisation and type | Defence and Security Accelerator reference and project title | Contract value |
|---|---|---|
| University of Birmingham (Academia) | ACC6029335: Ubiquitous radar networks for urban situational awareness | £154,774.20 |
| Saab Technologies UK Ltd (Large) | ACC6029397: Distributed MIMO radar network with self-synchronization of position, orientation and time | £244,300.00 |
| Plextek Services Limited (SME) | ACC6029577: Advanced Distributed ESM | £150,320.00 |
| University College London (Academia) | ACC6029661: Reconfigurable Multistatic RF ISR (RMRFISR) | £150,000.00 |
| University of Edinburgh (Academia) | ACC6029663: Information Theory-based Radio Frequency Sensing | £133,001.42 |
| University of Liverpool (Academia) | ACC6029743: Coherence-Before-Positioning: Integrated Distributed RF and PNT | £164,899.26 |
| Tethir Ltd (Micro SME) | ACC6029761: Project SYNCLIGHT - Optical Transmission of Synchronised Timing Services in Theatre | £234,985.12 |
| Xenint Ltd (SME) | ACC6029778: Spatially Distributed RF Combining Non-linear Radar | £169,120.50 |
| L3 TRL Technology (Large) | ACC6029793: Enabling relative position measurement, coherence and communication within distributed sensors arrays using the electromagnetic near-field | £161,080.00 |
| Cambridge Consultants Ltd (Large) | ACC6029794: Interference mitigation for collaborating radars in the presence of communications systems | £114,400.00 |
| Cranfield University (Academia) | ACC6029850: Multistatic Radar Network with moving dual-channel receivers | £144,065.48 |
| Chelton Ltd (Large) | ACC6029856: GNSS Threat Decomposition and Classification | £231,094.47 |
| GMV NSL Limited (SME) | ACC6029885: Smart Surgical Effector | £139,900.00 |
| Loughborough University (Academia) | ACC6029892: Breaking the Rayleigh Diffraction Limit for Radar with Orbital Angular Momentum Surfaces (ROAMS) | £158,289.86 |
| Autonomous Devices Limited (Micro SME) | ACC6029894: Gaia | £144,900.00 |
| QinetiQ Ltd (Large) | ACC6029902: Reconfigurable Metamaterial Antennas | £217,462.39 |
| Far Field Exploits Ltd (Micro SME) | ACC6029917: Project Tachron | £131,072.00 |
| Mind Foundry Limited (SME) | ACC6029920: Project Gemini - The Application of Machine Learning Techniques to the identification and location of RF emitters. | £160,400.00 |
| QinetiQ Ltd (Large) | ACC6029904: A New Dynamically Reconfigurable Array Antenna Paradigm for Exploitation of Advanced Radar Sensing and Electronic Warfare Techniques, “Desirability” | £239,331.16 |
12. Understanding Whole Body Vibration (Phase 1)
| Organisation and type | Defence and Security Accelerator reference and project title | Contract value |
|---|---|---|
| University of Southampton (Academia) | ACC6039174: Whole Body Vibration: from a Comprehensive Understanding informed by clinical, predictive, and experimental research to novel TEchnologies to predict and prevent future injury (WBV-ACUTE) | £2,491,633.06 |
13. Novel Amphibious Craft (Phase 1)
| Organisation and type | Defence and Security Accelerator reference and project title | Contract value |
|---|---|---|
| University College London (Academia) | ACC6037273: Low Probability of Intercept Noise Radar for Maritime Platforms | £155,232.76 |
| Frazer-Nash Consultancy (Large) | ACC6038194: Reduced Slamming Landing Craft (RSLC) | £224,140.00 |
| Royal IHC (Large) | ACC6038890: Novel Amphibious Craft Wading Solution | £163,920.00 |
| Steller Systems Ltd (SME) | ACC6038940: Test & Demonstration of Concept for Novel Amphibious Craft to Improve Performance & Safety of Beach Landings | £400,000.00 |
14. Generation-After-Next Wearable Technology (Phase 1)
| Organisation and type | Defence and Security Accelerator reference and project title | Contract value |
|---|---|---|
| North Carolina State University (Academia) | ACC6035540: Wearable Multimodal Sensing for Measurement of Metabolites and Biophotonic Physiological Markers | £198,083.00 |
| Trustees of Boston University (Academia) | ACC6035682: Continuous Multiplexed Sensing from Sweat and ISF with A Next Generation Wearable | £167,840.00 |
15. Point of Care Diagnostics at the Front Line (Phase 2)
| Organisation and type | Defence and Security Accelerator reference and project title | Contract value |
|---|---|---|
| Duke University (Academia) | ACC6035722: The D4 point-of-care test: a sensitive, user-friendly, portable, economical, multiplexable, and rapid in-vitro diagnostic platform | £499,962.28 |
| OxDX Limited (Micro SME) | ACC6035845: Developing a portable diagnostic for low cost, real-time (<5min) identification of bacteria and viruses in austere conditions with ability to update to test for novel threats within days of new outbreaks | £498,441.17 |