Transparency data
Defence and Security Accelerator funded contracts: 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024
Updated 18 October 2023
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1. FY23/24 – Innovation Focus Areas
| Organisation and type | Defence and Security Accelerator reference and project title | Contract value | Cycle |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thales UK Ltd (Large) | ACC2041039: Automated Change Analysis of Synthetic Aperture Radar Images | £149,416.00 | 1 |
| Alloyed (SME) | ACC2041132: Accelerating the development of ABD®-1000AM a high temperature superalloy for additive manufacture to TRL4 | £136,364.60 | 1 |
| Faculty Science Ltd (SME) | ACC2041261: Leveraging novel LLMs for improved simulation and C2 outcomes | £149,950.00 | 1 |
| VIZGARD Ltd (Micro SME) | ACC2041268: NightOwl: Autonomous Visual Search and Tracking for UAV Operations in Hostile Environments | £149,485.00 | 1 |
| Smallspark Space Systems (SME) | ACC2041435: Developing low-cost, robust rocket nozzles for expanded mission profiles | £134,012.28 | 1 |
| Fibercore Limited (SME) | ACC2041428: Fibre Laser Initiative: Testing for Enhanced Development (FLITED) | £193,298.61 | 1 |
2. FY23/24 - Defence Rapid Impact
| Organisation and type | Defence and Security Accelerator reference and project title | Contract value | Cycle |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gunston Consulting Limited (Micro SME) | ACC2042047: Shock and vibration isolation mounting for transport or deployment of sensitive materiel on fast boats | £94,050.00 | 2 |
| Phoenix NC Ltd (Micro SME) | ACC2043387: Development and Production of Uniform Cellulose Feedstocks for Propellant Production | £347,788.05 | 2 |
3. Scoping out the Grey Zone: Sub-threshold AI (Phase 1)
| Organisation and type | Defence and Security Accelerator reference and project title | Contract value |
|---|---|---|
| Frazer-Nash Consultancy (Large) | ACC6041912: Causal Analysis of Adversarial Behaviour on Social Networks | £163,562.50 |
| Whitespace Global (SME) | ACC6041928: Adaptive AI-driven Analysis for Sub-threshold Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance | £159,300.00 |
| Faculty Science Ltd (SME) | ACC6042112: Evaluating Counter Disinformation Interventions | £225,380.00 |
| Riskaware Limited (SME) | ACC6042119: Human AI Teaming for Tracking Online Narratives (HAITTON) | £200,140.70 |
| Roke Manor Research Ltd (Large) | ACC6042322: AI for Wargaming in a Sub-threshold Scenario | £88,242.28 |
4. GAN Communications & Networks - Discovery (Alpha)
| Organisation and type | Defence and Security Accelerator reference and project title | Contract value |
|---|---|---|
| Nottingham Trent University (Academia) | ACC6042115: (ORCA) Optimally ReConfigurable AUV-enabled Surveying using High Data-Rate Underwater Wireless Communications for Defence | £122,828.21 |
| Fraunhofer UK Research Ltd (SME) | ACC6042216: GaN for GAN | £90,140.00 |
| University College London (Academia) | ACC6041488: Integrating Communications and Radar Technologies for SWaP Reduction [CoRTS] | £110,550.50 |
| Radio Design (SME) | ACC6041571: Compact Field-Reconfigurable Microwave Filter | £140,045.00 |
| Airbus Defence and Space Ltd (Large) | ACC6041915: Cross Layer Traffic Optimisation in DDIL Scenarios - GAN Communications and Networks Challenge 2 | £191,833.62 |
| Imperial College London (Academia) | ACC6041949: LiRa: Light-to-Radio covert communication | £99,719.84 |
| PolyChord (Micro SME) | ACC6041958: Optimal dynamic manoeuvring & adaptation of communications networks driven by the MIDAS information-advantage mathematical framework | £101,111.68 |
| PA Consulting (Large) | ACC6042061: Low SWaP Communications System using Backscatter Techniques | £141,412.50 |
| AVoptics Ltd (SME) | ACC6042080: Dynamic Wavelength Mid-InfraRed Free Space Optical Communications | £146,660.00 |
| Riskaware Limited (SME) | ACC6042122: Vector Symbolic Architecture Approach to Data Centric Security | £114,529.50 |
| BAE Systems Applied Intelligence Ltd (Large) | ACC6042142: BLOS Communication and actuation in graph structured swarms | £124,970.00 |
| Createc (SME) | ACC6042177: Robust Networks | £99,428.13 |
5. Human Augmentation (Phase 1)
| Organisation and type | Defence and Security Accelerator reference and project title | Contract value |
|---|---|---|
| University of Stirling (Academia) | ACC6043190: Directional multi-sensory augmented reality for target identification and prioritisation | £346,237.62 |
| Scytronix Systems Ltd (Micro SME) | ACC6043173: Beyond touch: RF sensory perception for the foot solider | £285,300.00 |
| QinetiQ Limited (Large) | ACC6042331: Innovative Cold Environment e-Textiles for Enhanced Clothing Heating - ICE-TECH | £393,053.08 |
| Ultra PCS Ltd (Large) | ACC6042224: Health Interventions at the Edge | £398,491.46 |
| Cranfield University (Academia) | ACC6042032: Cognitive Multimodal Interface for Human Situation Awareness Augmentation for Human-Swarm Collaboration | £295,518.22 |
| Sheffield University (Academia) | ACC6041994: SUPER | £408,886.17 |