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Defence and Security Accelerator funded contracts: 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022
Updated 18 October 2023
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1. Catch the ChemBio SCENT! (Phase 1)
| Organisation and type | Defence and Security Accelerator reference and project title | Contract value |
|---|---|---|
| Mobility Ion Technologies SL (Micro SME) | ACC6027948: Ion Mobility Chemical Fingerprint multidetector DMA screener (MIONER) | £99,164.00 |
| Loughborough University (Academia) | ACC6028363: Chemical Capture Safe Sampler | £100,000.00 |
| Amethyst Research Limited (Micro SME) | ACC6028373: Spectrometer on a Chip: Resonant Cavity-Enhanced Infrared Photodiode Array for Biochemical Sensing and Identification | £99,973.42 |
| Verdel Instruments Ltd (Micro SME) | ACC6028391: Innovative Mass Spectrometry for the attribution of hazardous ChemBio materials | £86,500.00 |
| RNAssist Ltd (Micro SME) | ACC6028433: Ambient Temperature Biomolecule, Virus and Cell Collection, Transport and Stabilisation Technology | £88,000.00 |
| Fraunhofer UK Research Ltd (SME) | ACC6028564: MOSAIC - MultimOdal Screening tool for rApId substance Classification | £97,400.00 |
| Karsa Oy (Micro SME) | ACC6028579: Using Multi-scheme Ionisation Device for Rapid Detection and Identification of Chemical Threats | £99,595.74 |
| Queen’s University, Belfast (Academia) | ACC6028605: Direct Analysis in Real Time (DART) to detect biotoxins | £97,070.30 |
| Atelerix Ltd. (Micro SME) | ACC6028613: Extending the shelf life of cellular and viral samples for applications in biowarfare surveillance | £99,995.00 |
| National Physical Laboratory (Government Entity) | ACC6028624: Sample preparation free, rapid mass spectrometry surface analysis for determination of complex chemical constituents - Phase 1 | £96,518.00 |
| Kingston University London (Academia) | ACC6028596: Analytical data processing system to enhance chemical detection sensitivity | £99,953.03 |
2. Innovative Research Call 2020 (Phase 2)
| Organisation and type | Defence and Security Accelerator reference and project title | Contract value |
|---|---|---|
| Fraunhofer UK Research Ltd (SME) | ACC6025014: DUCHESS II: DUal Comb HyperspEctral Scanning Spectrometer for trace explosives detection | £499,564.90 |
| Nottingham Trent University (Academia) | ACC6025543: Cellular X-ray Diffraction (CXRD): Phase 2 | £365,765.28 |
| Metrasens Ltd (SME) | ACC6025646: Detection of PBIEDs in High Footfall situations Phase 2 | £411,623.14 |
| Iconal Technology Ltd. (Micro SME) | ACC6025651: Fast self-service bag screening Phase 2 | £313,300.00 |
3. Look Out! Maritime Early Warning Innovations (Phase 1)
| Organisation and type | Defence and Security Accelerator reference and project title | Contract value |
|---|---|---|
| Saab Technologies UK Ltd (Large) | ACC6024488: Long range, wide area, self-contained digital radar pod development for mono, and multi-static Maritime Early Warning | £247,652.00 |
| Igence Radar Ltd (Micro SME) | ACC6024827: Networked radar for Airborne Early Warning | £225,836.88 |
| Mind Foundry Limited (SME) | ACC6025363: Demonstrating the application of AI and ML technology to the Lookout Sensor Management and Signal processing subsystem | £248,593.82 |
| Edinburgh University (Academia) | ACC6025512: A multi-static radar network airborne early warning system | £249,881.61 |
4. Right On Time: Automating Military Logistics
| Organisation and type | Defence and Security Accelerator reference and project title | Contract value |
|---|---|---|
| Kinsetsu Limited (Micro SME) | ACC6021935: Kinsetsu Automated Military Logistics (KAML) | £79,851.00 |
| Digital Catapult Services (SME) | ACC6022015: Deployable Automated Stores | £158,610.86 |
| Cambridge Consultants Ltd (Large) | ACC6022384: Safe and Fast Autonomous Base Distribution in Complex Environments | £62,017.00 |
| Kinneir Dufort (SME) | ACC6022652: Smart E-Labelling | £78,148.00 |
| Laser Additive Solutions Ltd (Micro SME) | ACC6022655: Reverse Engineering and Laser Additive manufactured Component System (RE-LACS) | £78,973.20 |
| Thales Underwater Systems Ltd (Large) | ACC6022955: Demonstration of fast, pro-active Logistic Support for dismounted Soldiers through automatic requests back to Logistic Hub | £50,879.03 |
| DoubleMSC Solutions Ltd (Micro SME) | ACC6022976: Digital Twin and Additive Manufacturing - Reverse Engineering on Assets Anywhere in the World | £68,552.25 |
| Decision Lab Ltd (SME) | ACC6022984: LOGOS - The Logistical Optimisation System | £79,345.00 |
| Team Defence Ltd (Micro SME) | ACC6023025: Project Thea: A Platform agnostic, Platform Control System (PCS) designed to increase efficiency in the context of an SPOD | £64,884.01 |
| BMT Defence and Security UK Limited (Large) | ACC6023039: NPASS (NATO Pallet Automated Securing System) | £47,035.50 |
| Rivelin Robotics (Micro SME) | ACC6022925: In-field additive manufacturing units with robotics & AI | £79,806.00 |
5. Wireless Communications, Networking and Information Theory Challenge
| Organisation and type | Defence and Security Accelerator reference and project title | Contract value |
|---|---|---|
| Massive Analytic Limited (SME) | ACC6021973: Mobile or Airborne Relay Network Protocol (YNP Net) | £72,510.00 |
| Heriot-Watt University (Academia) | ACC6021976: Exploring ambient signals to stay connected in crowded EM environment | £56,888.34 |
| University of York (Academia) | ACC6021985: Advanced networking for contested environments | £69,960.00 |
| University College London (Academia) | ACC6022411: Development and testing of Low Probability of Intercept (LPI) waveforms for joint radar and communications | £99,875.93 |
| Sheffield University (Academia) | ACC6022436: Spray-on Millimeter Wave Communications | £76,562.04 |
| Fraunhofer UK Research Ltd (SME) | ACC6022659: IRIS OWL - Increased Range Indirect Scattering Optical Wireless Link | £72,345.60 |
| Multiple Access Communications Ltd (SME) | ACC6022971: A Feasibility Study into using Cyclostationary Signatures to Deliver Fast Per-Packet Channel Rendezvous as part of a Highly Resilient Low Data Rate Communications System | £69,000.00 |
| University of Strathclyde (Academia) | ACC6023036: Free Space Optical Communications system for Sea Platforms | £109,924.20 |
| London South Bank University (Academia) | ACC6023076: Novel cognitive routing as a service in dynamic wireless networks | £66,549.20 |
| University of Lancaster (Academia) | ACC6023084: E-band tactical wireless networks enabled by Traveling Wave Tubes | £88,049.99 |
| Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine (Academia) | ACC6023108: Deep Learning aided Design of Modern Error Correcting Codes for Wireless Communications | £98,996.00 |
| Babcock Integrated Technology Limited (Large) | ACC6023114: HF phased array communications products enabling reliable, high data rate communications to complement SATCOM and provide mitigation for operations in a SATCOM denied environment | £130,032.83 |
| Rockwell Collins UK Limited (Large) | ACC6023127: Utilise Networking Technologies to Demonstrate New Approach to Resilient HF Communications | £96,336.20 |
| Communications Audit UK Ltd (SME) | ACC6023152: Combined Beyond Line Of Sight Communications and EM Sensing | £50,700.00 |
| JET Engineering System Solutions (Micro SME) | ACC6023153: 5G Multi-Radio Mesh Network in Littoral Environments | £57,744.00 |
| Etherstack Wireless Limited (SME) | ACC6023170: Novel Networking Techniques for UK Narrowband MANET Waveform Standards | £220,471.00 |
| Edinburgh University (Academia) | ACC6023186: RESilient optical wireless CommUnications in adverse Environments (RESCUE) | £69,095.84 |
| PA Consulting (Large) | ACC6023188: Autonomous Re-connection of Swarming Drones within an Adversarial Electromagnetic Environment (P054728) | £94,743.20 |
6. Uncrewed Underwater Vehicle Testbed
| Organisation and type | Defence and Security Accelerator reference and project title | Contract value |
|---|---|---|
| Seiche (Micro SME) | ACC6022647: Automatic detection capability testing of Seiche Digital Thin Line Array target processor for ASW | £12,953.00 |
| SEA Ltd (Large) | ACC6022653: ASW & Acoustic Intelligence Gathering from XLUUV with the KraitArray Thin Line Towed Array | £19,998.00 |
| tpgroup (Large) | ACC6023193: Northstar - fully autonomous, mission and environment aware, real-time navigation, collision avoidance and platform control based on integration of sensor and mapping data | £2,890.50 |
| VIZGARD Ltd (Micro SME) | ACC6023195: Self-improving Computer Vision for Autonomous Submarine Electro-Optic Systems | £8,161.80 |
| Petards Joyce-Loebl Ltd (SME) | ACC6023203: 360-degree spherical vision for increased UUV safety, security and capability | £9,988.60 |
| Sonardyne International Limited (Large) | ACC6023213: Sonardyne Vigilant Forward-Looking Sonar | £20,000.00 |
7. Space to Innovate Campaign - Alpha Drop
| Organisation and type | Defence and Security Accelerator reference and project title | Contract value |
|---|---|---|
| Goonhilly Earth Station Limited (SME) | ACC6025663: Neighbourhood Watch for High Value Assets in GEO | £190,767.00 |
| Spectra Medical Limited (Micro SME) | ACC6025681: Synthetic Aperture LIDAR for Satellite Imaging | £72,672.66 |
| University of Warwick (Academia) | ACC6025892: SSA optimized CMOS data reduction for RSO’s in any orbital regime | £262,925.39 |
| University of Strathclyde (Academia) | ACC6025907: Intercontinental Radar bIstatic System (IRIS) | £133,791.50 |
| 114 AI Innovation LLP (SME) | ACC6025956: SpaceWise: Tool for visualization, verification and analysis of multiple input sources of data | £119,240.00 |
| University of Strathclyde (Academia) | ACC6025959: Demonstrating key technology for cm resolution ISAR imaging of LEO objects | £397,189.00 |
| Rocket Communications (SME) | ACC6025972: SpaceACME: 4D Visualization Solution for Space Awareness, Communication, and Maneuver Evaluation, Phase 2 | £124,940.64 |
| EESE, University of Birmingham (Academia) | ACC6025622: Multi-Dimensional ISAR imagery from space to space - Mars | £396,978.32 |
8. Space to Innovate Campaign - Bravo Drop
| Organisation and type | Defence and Security Accelerator reference and project title | Contract value |
|---|---|---|
| AltaRange Ltd (Micro SME) | ACC6026894: Multi-Satellite Tracking for In-Orbit Servicing Missions with Meter-Level Accuracy | £117,700.00 |
| Slipstream Engineering Design Ltd (Micro SME) | ACC6027425: Adaptive Radio Platform for Space Applications | £199,054.16 |
| Fraunhofer UK Research Ltd (SME) | ACC6027875: LINDOSS-2 - Laser INscribeD Optical Systems for Space phase 2 | £318,152.00 |
| Astroscale (SME) | ACC6027881: Development of novel space-to-space hyperspectral/multispectral resolved imaging applications for fly-by and close-in inspection | £196,466.00 |
| AVoptics Ltd (SME) | ACC6027892: High Performance Avalanche Photodetectors for Optical Communications | £195,920.00 |
| Deimos Space UK Ltd (SME) | ACC6027731: DayTrack - Infrared Tracking of Space Objects in Daylight | £216,892.00 |
| Deimos Space UK Ltd (SME) | ACC6027914: LCLEOSEN-B: Design and Development of a Low-Cost Low Earth Orbit Optical Surveillance Sensor System, a Phase B study | £199,812.80 |
9. FY21/22 - Emerging Innovations
| Organisation and type | Defence and Security Accelerator reference and project title | Contract value | Cycle |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oxford Space Systems (SME) | ACC2023236: Compact Parabolic Antenna | £199,596.34 | 1 |
| Oxford Space Systems (SME) | ACC2023237: UHF antenna helical feed | £199,896.00 | 1 |
| IQHQ (SME) | ACC2023622: New Approaches to Protect UAV Communications against High Power EW Threats | £99,200.00 | 1 |
| Atlas Elektronik UK Ltd (Large) | ACC2023788: Metamaterial Acoustic Underwater Superlens (MAUS) | £99,867.07 | 1 |
| Far Field Exploits Ltd (Micro SME) | ACC2024559: Celanem Ultra-wide Band Radio | £91,682.00 | 1 |
| Smiths Detection Watford Ltd (Large) | ACC2024606: A Low-loss, Enhanced-Sensitivity Ion Mobility Spectrometer for Explosive Vapours and Chemical Warfare Agents | £202,075.00 | 1 |
| Spectra Medical Limited (Micro SME) | ACC2024609: Optical Sniper Detection System | £55,126.00 | 1 |
| Mind Foundry Limited (SME) | ACC2024612: A Federated Neural Network Approach to the Analysis of Sonar Data | £149,537.30 | 1 |
| Loughborough University (Academia) | ACC2024636: Evaluating the multi-strike stab and ballistic performance of laser sintered additive manufactured body armour | £99,640.49 | 2 |
| CryoLogyx Ltd (Micro SME) | ACC2025704: Rapid-washout cryopreserved red blood cells for frontline trauma and CASEVAC | £87,882.00 | 2 |
| Earswitch Ltd (Micro SME) | ACC2025880: ULTRA-Earswitch: Tactical in-ear ultrasound driven headphones- communication/ biometrics/ noise protection and handsfree control without reducing situational awareness | £95,200.06 | 2 |
| Tethir Ltd (Micro SME) | ACC2025947: Lightweight free space optical transceivers for secure communications in theatre (Project MOONLIGHT) | £99,750.00 | 2 |
| Luffy AI Limited (Micro SME) | ACC2025986: An adaptive AI drone flight controller for increased flight performance and survivability in defence applications | £97,204.00 | 2 |
| Atlas Elektronik UK Ltd (Large) | ACC2026197: Improving Operator Confidence in Towed Array Systems | £99,335.00 | 2 |
| Ionech Ltd (Micro SME) | ACC2026741: The Ionech energy conversion system. A carbon neutral, non-toxic, lightweight power source | £91,388.00 | 3 |
| The Global Strategy Network (SME) | ACC2027218: ExTrac | £97,850.00 | 3 |
| University of York (Academia) | ACC2027526: Better Compact Atomic Clocks for Independent Navigation and Control | £87,520.00 | 3 |
| Finite Reality Ltd (Micro SME) | ACC2027533: Realtime Implicit Surfaces: A new paradigm for Synthetic Environment | £83,800.00 | 3 |
| Montvieux Limited (SME) | ACC2027557: SHAPESHIFTER - Autonomous Resilient Cyber Defence (ARCD) Intelligent Agents | £299,919.73 | 3 |
| Frazer-Nash Consultancy (Large) | ACC2027583: Denial of Maritime Assets | £97,455.00 | 3 |
| University of Southampton (Academia) | ACC2026198: Laser-formed tunnels in fog for efficient transmission of optical radiation | £92,130.00 | 2 |
| University of Huddersfield (Academia) | ACC2027961: Automated learning and exploitation of action-based domain models in heterogeneous security data sources | £135,285.98 | 4 |
| University of Southampton (Academia) | ACC2027983: Cyber-ThreaD: Cyber THREAt intelligence extraction for autonomous Decision-making | £214,817.12 | 4 |
| SeeByte Limited (Large) | ACC2028095: Back to the Future | £85,196.91 | 4 |
| Platipus Ltd (Micro SME) | ACC2028532: PQ-RACE: Post-Quantum Reconfigurable Cryptography | £ 154,915.00 | 4 |
| University of Warwick (Academia) | ACC2028649: Intelligent Asset Parameterisation for Risk-based Moving Target Defence | £299,705.50 | 5 |
| Exalens (SME) | ACC2028716: VIRA: A Virtual Incident Response Analyst for Cyber First-Aid at the Operational Edge | £277,128.00 | 5 |
| NquiringMinds Ltd (SME) | ACC2029270: Autonomous Cognitive Security Agents | £299,670.00 | 5 |
| University of Liverpool (Academia) | ACC2024551: Type-II Superlattice Photodiode array for infrared sensing | £89,356.40 | 1 |
| TWI Limited (Large) | ACC2026202: Hot Isostatic Pressing Diffusion Bonding of Wrought to Additively Manufactured Titanium Assemblies (HIP-AM) | £121,475.00 | 2 |
| Seeds Capital Limited (Micro SME) | ACC2025674: Printable Lightweight Beacon Broadcasters | £113,480.00 | 2 |
| Xenint Ltd (SME) | ACC2027203: Disruption of IR Based IED Triggering Devices | £99,801.50 | 3 |
| Uplift360 (Micro SME) | ACC2027527: Regeneration of Expired Para-Aramids | £115,396.00 | 3 |
| Xenint Ltd (SME) | ACC2027561: Protocol analysis using narrowband techniques | £99,828.00 | 3 |
| Uplift360 (Micro SME) | ACC2028492: Low Carbon Chemical Recycling Technology for Para-aramids and High-Value Polymer Composites | £93,546.00 | 4 |
| Autonomous Devices Limited (Micro SME) | ACC2028507: Proteus II | £93,500.00 | 4 |
10. FY21/22 - Rapid Impact
| Organisation and type | Defence and Security Accelerator reference and project title | Contract value | Cycle |
|---|---|---|---|
| CGI IT UK Ltd (Large) | ACC2023233: T-GIC: Terrestrial GNSS Information Advantage Capability | £348,911.90 | 1 |
| Azur Innovation (Micro SME) | ACC2023342: Foam Gap Accessibility Provision (F-GAP) | £559,332.50 | 1 |
| NiTech Solutions Ltd (Micro SME) | ACC2023395: Continuous Manufacturing Process for Energetic Materials | £387,057.48 | 1 |
| Bitwise Limited (SME) | ACC2024092: Universal Payload Trigger (UPT) | £361,050.51 | 1 |
| Barnard Microsystems Limited (SME) | ACC2024420: Low SWAPC FSO communications terminal | £297,612.00 | 1 |
| Edinburgh University (Academia) | ACC2024437: Reduced scale thermomechanical assessment of CFRP elements structures | £167,964.32 | 1 |
| Frazer-Nash Consultancy (Large) | ACC2024553: Collapsible Tracks for Short Gap Crossing | £236,127.50 | 1 |
| Digi2al (SME) | ACC2024580: Data-driven Close Quarter Combat Training | £219,570.00 | 1 |
| Cervus Defence (Micro SME) | ACC2024909: Army Forge - Decision Support Engine | £492,822.68 | 2 |
| Frazer-Nash Consultancy (Large) | ACC2025878: PUFFIN UAS (IUAS Phase 2) | £338,344.00 | 2 |
| Parajet (SME) | ACC2025927: Hybrid Powered Paraglider system with Low Acoustic Signature | £229,240.00 | 2 |
| VOLTITUDE LTD (Micro SME) | ACC2025989: HAB StratoSonde, Operationalising the Stratosphere for ISR, CR and Environmental Intelligence | £293,128.00 | 2 |
| Montvieux Limited (SME) | ACC2026138: 6XX ACIES | £349,625.37 | 2 |
| Wastewater Fuels Ltd (Micro SME) | ACC2026175: Modular, scalable, deployable hydrogen (production & storage) from base wastewater | £345,491.77 | 2 |
| Bright Structures (EasiBridge) Ltd. (Micro SME) | ACC2024514: EasiBridge: Armoured Fighting Vehicle Short-Gap Crossing Capability | £250,000.00 | 1 |
| Run Flat Systems Limited (Micro SME) | ACC2026159: Runflat CBR, new technology runflat with beadlock to fit single piece wheels on military vehicles | £188,600.00 | 2 |
| Inition Energy (Micro SME) | ACC2026420: Ultra High Energy Density Lithium Ion Battery | £269,723.01 | 3 |
| The University of Manchester (Academia) | ACC2026594: SESAME - Sandboxing for Enhanced Security of ARM64 applications through Instruction Set Architectural extension | £214,628.00 | 3 |
| Barnard Microsystems Limited SME) | ACC2026737: Long range communications IFA022 | £297,438.00 | 3 |
| Immaterial Labs (Micro SME) | ACC2026742: Monolith-Enhanced Respiratory Protection (phase 2) | £347,916.04 | 3 |
| Sonardyne International Limited (Large) | ACC2027254: CHARYBDIS-001 a modular, open architecture for a reconfigurable unattended sensor deployment system | £299,372.75 | 3 |
| Oxford Dynamics (Micro SME) | ACC2027401: Enhanced Comprehension of Visual Data Using Artificial Intelligence | £249,935.00 | 3 |
| Goldilock Secure Limited (Micro SME) | ACC2027411: Stealth with on-demand visibility | £286,000.00 | 3 |
| Orpheus Cyber Limited (SME) | ACC2027451: Reducing the Cyber Attack Surface (RCAS) | £166,610.00 | 3 |
| GemaSecure (Micro SME) | ACC2027460: RCAS through adoption of open standards via a Cyber Hypervisor | £218,953.60 | 3 |
| Blueskytec Ltd (Micro SME) | ACC2027462: Silicon based cyber security - minimising the cyber attack surface for control systems and Operational Technology | £300,000.00 | 3 |
| Montvieux Limited (SME) | ACC2027528: SANDFIRE - Reducing the Cyber Attack Surface | £299,759.04 | 3 |
| Calytrix Technologies (SME) | ACC2027569: A Mixed Reality Platform for Battlespace Management | £195,862.00 | 3 |
| PA Consulting (Large) | ACC2027581: IFA029 Hardware-based RAM security device to protect sensitive data (P001603) | £298,660.00 | 3 |
| Anzen Technology Systems Limited (Micro SME) | ACC2026146: IFA020 Development of public cloud connectors and automated deployment for hyper secure cloud data storage | £339,760.00 | 2 |
| Glic Ltd. (Micro SME) | ACC2027185: Autonomous Military Trailer Hitch for LSV Fleet | £292,396.00 | 3 |
| Inzpire Ltd (SME) | ACC2027570: Project SAGE (Synthetic Aviation Gunnery Equipment) - An innovative synthetic training solution for Crew Served Weapon Operators and Instructors | £346,024.00 | 3 |
| UM-Labs Limited (Micro SME) | ACC2028083: Cybersecurity for Real-Time Communication and Surveillance | £148,560.00 | 4 |
| eCoraDLT Limited (Micro SME) | ACC2028086: Secure Application Development Stack | £148,800.00 | 4 |
| Senetas Corporation (SME) | ACC2028317: Secure Deployment oF OT (Operational Technology) Assets | £206,780.00 | 4 |
| University of Glasgow (Academia) | ACC2028323: PLCPrint: Real-time fingerprinting of anomalies in programmable logic controllers | £174,703.16 | 4 |
| Ohmedics Ltd (Micro SME) | ACC2028418: Hydrawell- A real time wearable hydration sensor with a wellbeing support app for mood and fatigue | £245,912.00 | 4 |
| Archangel Imaging (SME) | ACC2028483: MAIDEN - Maritime Autonomy In Denied ENvironments | £335,100.00 | 4 |
| Clean Water Designs (Novus) (Micro SME) | ACC2028485: Self-Sufficiency Point Of Use Water Purification Innovation | £394,894.00 | 4 |
| University of Nottingham (Academia) | ACC2028489: MIR (mid-infrared) power handling | £99,998.98 | 4 |
| Barnard Microsystems Limited (SME) | ACC2028589: Low SWAPC Collision Detect And Avoid system for use on a UAV | £327,396.00 | 5 |
| University of Aberdeen (Academia) | ACC2028662: Development of machine learning software to classify holographic images of plankton | £290,647.10 | 5 |
| GemaSecure (Micro SME) | ACC2028816: MOSA Intelligent bearer selection for resilient and high bandwidth comms by device, network and application | £294,076.80 | 5 |
| Teesside University (Academia) | ACC2028868: Quantified Information Flow Control in Cloud Computing Systems | £135,937.80 | 5 |
| Exsel Electronics Ltd. (SME) | ACC2029015: Low Cost Data Centric Security Facilitation Device - Endpoint Cryptographic and Real-Time Authentication Solution | £348,544.67 | 5 |
| Sota and Associates Consulting Limited (SME) | ACC2029292: An innovative multi-party, real time assistance package for use within the MOD environment | £227,346.00 | 5 |
| Frazer-Nash Consultancy (Large) | ACC2029297: Combat Diver SUAS Launchpad (CDSL) | £210,750.00 | 5 |
| Beardsell & Sons Limited (Micro SME) | ACC2023791: GAP-X multirole short gap crossing | £474,954.40 | 1 |
| University of Cambridge (Academia) | ACC2026160: BAYESIAN INTENT PREDICTION FOR THREAT DETECTION IN SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS PHASE 2 | £349,691.00 | 2 |
| Riskaware Limited (SME) | ACC2027571: SpaceAware Protect | £145,717.90 | 3 |
| University of Bristol (Academia) | ACC2028504: Vision-based object recognition under atmospheric distortions | £342,100.10 | 4 |
| Aquatic Agents Ltd. (Micro SME) | ACC2028424: Mobula Ray Autonomous Underwater Vehicle | £318,700.00 | 4 |
| Spacechips Ltd (SME) | ACC2029247: Real-Time, Situational Aware, Edge-Based, In-Orbit Characterisation of Objects in Space | £211,084.50 | 5 |
| Qioptiq Ltd (Large) | ACC2029268: Multispectral High Resolution Imaging with See-Spot capability | £198,744.00 | 5 |
| QinetiQ Ltd (Large) | ACC2029276: Multi-band Radar Absorbing Materials for stealth wind turbines | £310,429.00 | 5 |
| Steller Systems Ltd (SME) | ACC2028853: Build, Test & Demonstration of an Innovative Inflatable Launch & Recovery System for Crewed & Uncrewed Vessels | £239,408.50 | 5 |
11. FY21/22 - Security Rapid Impact
| Organisation and type | Defence and Security Accelerator reference and project title | Contract value | Cycle |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landguard Systems Limited (SME) | ACC2024749: A Next Generation Surveillance Capability | £327,877.50 | 1 |
| Vigilant Scanning (Micro SME) | ACC2025013: Seismic Shift in Threat Detection in Freight and Vehicles | £348,210.00 | 1 |
| Polygeist (Micro SME) | ACC2025070: Operational Exploitation of Video Geolocation & Timestamping Using Luminance Artefacts Caused by Power Grid Fluctuations | £216,231.25 | 1 |
| Cyber Defence Service (Micro SME) | ACC2025554: Deep Learning Signal Analysis for RF Fingerprinting of Wireless Devices | £222,679.91 | 1 |
| Mind Foundry Limited (SME) | ACC2025557: Rapid Situational Awareness through AI and real time social media | £348,280.00 | 1 |
| NWPRO Ltd (SME) | ACC2025569: Tray Interaction Monitoring System (Phase 2 and Trials) | £340,880.00 | 1 |
| Trilateral Research Ltd (SME) | ACC2024916: Explainable AI to support risk assessment of organised crime and child exploitation | £349,800.00 | 1 |
| Thales UK Ltd (Large) | ACC2025917: Artificial Intelligence in Real Time Analysis of Full Motion Video | £559,000.00 | 2 |
| Createc (SME) | ACC2025975: Anonymous Crowd Monitoring (ACM) Trial at Luton Airport (Airport-Guardian) | £324,767.42 | 2 |
| ANRA Technologies (SME) | ACC2026167: Single Integrated Airspace Operating Picture for Improved Drone Detection, Drone operations and Air Asset Tracking | £339,292.00 | 2 |
| Xenint Ltd (SME) | ACC2027196: Wide Area Network Capability for the Location of High Endurance Transponders | £348,792.00 | 3 |
| Azur Innovation (Micro SME) | ACC2027485: Vehicle Arrest Paving System (VAPS) | £364,440.00 | 3 |
| Landguard Systems Limited (SME) | ACC2027550: Miniaturisation of a Next Generation Surveillance Capability | £313,252.50 | 3 |
| Staffordshire University (Academia) | ACC2027596: The development of a rapid automated system for trace evidence recovery, classification, analysis and evaluation for use in cases of Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) | £344,916.00 | 4 |
| Antennas Research Ltd (Micro SME) | ACC2028169: Counter-UAV Sensor Suite using Low Cost 3D Radar | £324,000.00 | 4 |
| MindLink Software (SME) | ACC2028367: Secure federated persistent chat for classified information | £330,900.00 | 4 |
| Vistalworks Limited (SME) | ACC2028471: Securing the UK borders and economy from illicitly traded goods | £350,000.00 | 4 |
| University of Exeter (Academia) | ACC2028518: Automatic, contact-less latent fingerprint imaging from difficult surfaces | £129,693.31 | 4 |
| Blighter Surveillance Systems Ltd (SME) | ACC2028690: AI-Aided Automatic Radar Setup - AIRS - Software Application | £340,500.00 | 5 |
| Nautilus International Risk Consultants Limited (SME) | ACC2028758: Vehicle Engine Disablement System | £325,836.96 | 5 |
| Durham University (Academia) | ACC2028850: Next Generation Threat Image Projection for Aviation Security | £260,729.05 | 5 |
| NWPRO LTD (SME) | ACC2029220: Deeper Scan Visual | £297,400.00 | 5 |
| Frazer-Nash Consultancy (Large) | ACC2029262: Intelligent tracking of people in complex environments | £190,150.00 | 5 |
12. Windfarm Mitigation for UK Air Defence (Phase 2)
| Organisation and type | Defence and Security Accelerator reference and project title | Contract value |
|---|---|---|
| Advanced Material Development Ltd (Micro SME) | ACC6024429: nRAM: An Integrated, Multi-Function, Low-Cost RAM Solution for Wind Turbines | £392,605.00 |
| Saab Technologies UK Ltd (Large) | ACC6024461: Wind Farm Radar mitigation through AI and advanced Doppler filtering, phase 2 | £599,692.56 |
| Trelleborg Applied Technologies (Large) | ACC6024644: Mitigation of radar conflicts due to windfarm placements utilising wideband radar absorbent materials | £600,000.00 |
| Thales UK Ltd (Large) | ACC6024648: System Design for Windfarm Mitigation Using Multistatic Staring Radar | £481,019.15 |
| LiveLink Aerospace (SME) | ACC6024730: Multi-Autonomous Sensor Tracking Eliminating Radar Interference (MASTERI) | £505,938.00 |
| Thales UK Ltd (Large) | ACC6024760: Multistatic Staring Radar (MSAR) for Wind Farm Mitigation - Synchronisation | £599,970.00 |
| TWI Ltd (Large) | ACC6024763: Manufacturing of Metasurfaces Phase 2 | £600,000.00 |