Transparency data

CDE funded contracts: 1 April 2012 to 31 March 2013

Updated 2 November 2016

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The Centre for Defence Enterprise has been replaced by the Defence and Security Accelerator

CDE funded contracts are listed below under each competition title. Successful organisations are listed, alongside the organisation type and CDE reference number. Beneath this you can see the project titles and contract funding amount.

Strengthening the security of maritime operations

Organisation and type CDE reference and project title Contract value
QinetiQ (large) CDE31148: Improved training at sea using infrared detection of small arms munitions to assess marksmanship & overall performance £78,366.11
BAE Systems (large) CDE31195: Evaluation of a method to identify unlawful activity at sea for strengthening the security of maritime operations £71,730.58
Plextek Ltd (SME) CDE31306: Maritime security operations challenge 3 £64,500.00
Thales UK Ltd (large) CDE31411: Cyber mining at sea (CMAS) £41,775.76
Blue Bear Systems Research Ltd (SME) CDE31423: Graduated response from unmanned novel technologies (GRUNT) standoff auto interdict & shadow with low cost unmanned surface vessel £87,226.00

Future digital systems

Organisation and type CDE reference and project title Contract value
Thales UK Ltd (large) CDE30500: Secure Data Processing using Multi-Party Computation £49,472.88
QinetiQ (large) CDE30519: Forecasting the Development of Disruptive Technologies Supporting and Enabling Future Digital Systems £29,891.53
University of Bristol (academia) CDE30692: Quantum Information Technologies Roadmap £77,770.88
The Technology Parnership PLC (SME) CDE30739: Utilising Subtle Features of Electronic Circuit Structures and Packaging to provide Verification Signature Functions as an Aid to Circuit Design Copy Prevention £61,110.00
RiskAware Ltd (SME) CDE30769: Modelling and Simulation Trust Analysis Toolset £50,713.00

Novel systems for defence training and evaluation

Organisation and type CDE reference and project title Contract value
XPI Simulation Ltd (SME) CDE30467: Achieving conceptual level simulation interoperability £39,939.00
Muretex Ltd (SME) CDE30504: Novel systems for defence traing & education £26,160.00
Simutec Systems (SME) CDE30467: Enhancing simulation technical managaement & Synthetic environment indicative costings £90,700.00
C3 Systems Consulting Ltd (SME) CDE30543: Narrative & gameplay transfer £45,474.55
Cranfield University (academia) CDE30547: Narrative delivery options evaluation

CDE30595: Knowledge capture & re-use
£56,541.00

£47,128.00
CM Group Ltd (SME) CDE30656: Research into competitive game based cyber awareness training £48,299.97
The G2G3 Group (SME) CDE30657: Methods for cyber awareness education £48,100.00
Pitch Technologies (SME) CDE30665: Capability classification & automated test procedure £52,500.00

Cyber situational awareness

Organisation and type CDE reference and project title Contract value
SyntheSys Systems engineers Ltd (SME) CDE29269: Exploring the measurement odf digital asset micro-changes in power consumption in relation to cyberspace events £68,568.04
SyFi Solutions Ltd (SME) CDE29276: Cyber Situational awareness £45,360.00
Xuvasi Ltd (SME) CDE29330: Cyber Situational awareness £54,325.00
MooD International (SME) CDE29388: Using casual relationships and intuitive visualisations to create an environment within which the military decisiuon maker is able to assess options in the face of cyber threat or attack £52,500.00
Daden Ltd (SME) CDE29508: Immersive Cyber Analysis £42,262.50
Infinite Precision Ltd (SME) CDE29547: Social Contagion - when’s kick-off and who’s playing?

CDE29548: The Gene Genie - using advances in genetic analysis to understand the data deluge in cyber space

CDE29549: Three wheels on my wagon! Optimising warfighting capability with whats left
£18,375.00

£15,900.00


£19,275.00
Montvieux Ltd (SME) CDE29658: Distributed Cyberspace ~Understanding And Learning £34,911.13
J2S Consulting Ltd (SME) CDE29744: Digital Skin £45,482.00
Insighlytics Ltd (SME) CDE29798: Cyber Situational awareness £35,500.00

Energy efficiency and optimisation for defence

Organisation and type CDE reference and project title Contract value
OE Systems Ltd (SME) CDE28115: Bladesense £53,731.00
Libertine FPE Ltd (SME) CDE28680: Libertine free piston expander for auxiliary power generation from waste heat £50,000.00
The Technology Partnership PLC (SME) CDE28695: Vehicle Energy Monitor £49,400.00
Dytecna Ltd (SME) CDE28708: High Efficiency Electric Generator Systems £50,000.00
Munters Ltd (SME) CDE28722: Low Energy HVAC Dessicant Coling Concept Harvesting Waste Thermal Energyfor Maritime Vessels £73,792.01
RH Energy Ltd (SME) CDE28762: Water source Heat Pump Concept Using Waste Heat for Provision of Domestic Hot Water for Royal Navy Vessels £52,745.91
Pera (SME) CDE28784: An absorption refrigeration system for armoured vehicles using engine waste exhaust gas as an energy source £78,988.80
University of Herfordshire (academia) CDE28854: Energy Harvesting from Vehicles Suspension Systems £29,892.00
Brunel University (academia) CDE28871: A Novel Hydraulic Kinetic Energy Recovery System for Military Land Vehicles £49,819.03

Advanced design, fabrication and manufacturing: Defence Implications of Emerging Technologies

Organisation and type CDE reference and project title Contract value
National Physical Laboratory (large) CDE27117: Additive Manufacturing of Tailored Electromagnetic Materials (AMOTEM) £68,576.00
DZP Technologies Ltd (SME) CDE27682: Laser Ink Transfer for Printing Electronic Devices (LITPED) £79,199.00
University of Southampton (academia) CDE27957: A Novel multiple materials additive manufacturing device for agile, multifunctional systems and embedded electronics

CDE28037: 3D printing technologies for timely assembling of pyrotechnic materials
£49,972.50


£50,966.60
EADS Innovation Works UK (large) CDE27977: Dyneema Net-shape Armour by Additive Layer Manufacturing (DNA ALM) £50,064.00
University of Bath (academia) CDE28032: Rapid manufacturing of 3D microwave electronics (Giga-3D)

CDE28143: Pressure imaging with intelligent skins that emulate the human touch
£73,012.08


£66,085.00
University of Bristol (academia) CDE28071: Highly Ordered Architecture Advanced Composites by Innovative Manufacture

CDE28088: The development of low cost Additive Layer Manufacturing for use as repair equipment in the field, to improve operations and support for ground based combat vehicles
£74,940.25


£72,264.00
University of Sheffield (academia) CDE28121: Manufacture of conducting textile electromagnetic structures using flatbed knitting and laser ablation techniques £58,298.00
Brunel University (academia) CDE28142: Scalable Bio-manufacturing of Nanoengineered Foam Composite Monoliths £98,764.00
Sustainable Engine Systems Ltd (SME) CDE28156: New alloys to enable the Selective Laser Melting (SLM) process £49,700.00
Dept of Engineering Science, University of Oxford (academia) CDE28201: Origami Shell Structures £50,750.15
University of Nottingham (academia) CDE28222: 3D Printed Vehicles (3DPV) £99,090.55

Enhancing land mobility

Organisation and type CDE reference and project title Contract value
TRW Conekt (large) CDE27556: Feasibility study for a system to map water depth and flow at a proposed river crossing / flood plain from stand-off range using an array of miniature floating biogradable sensors £55,132.00
Roke Manor Research Ltd (large) CDE27892: Enhanced engineer reconnaissance for gap crossings using an organic M-UAV to generate a visually textured 3D model for assessing crossing suitability £50,237.80
Scisys (SME) CDE27937: Hyper-Spectral Imagery and Data Fusion £60,028.00
ARTIS (SME) CDE27950: Increased durability of elastomeric track components £44,106.30
SELEX Galileo Ltd (large) CDE28043: Acoustic reflectometry for ground-bearing pressure estimation £49,691.68

Armour and Protection STC 2012

Organisation and type CDE reference and project title Contract value
Frontier Ballistic Ventures Ltd (SME) CDE27525: Enhanced Momentum Fux Effector £73,315.00
Titanium Castings (UK) Ltd (SME) CDE27579: Low Cost, Light Weight, Disuptive Structure, Titanium Armour, for the protection of Critical Components in Aircraft/Vehicles Systems £79,469.50
Heriot-Watt University (academia) CDE27641: Design body armour with improved ballistic performance and flexibility £54,087.08
Advanced Blast & Ballistic Systems Ltd (SME) CDE27649: Shaped Charge Protection System using Inorganic Salts

CDE27660: Novel Rocket Motor Concept Designed for Variable, High Impulse Generation for VGAM Active Mine Blast Protection Systems
£8,510.00

£48,990.00
IDUS Consultancy Ltd (SME) CDE27667: PARIS SIM Protection Assessment Environment for Integrated Soldier System Simulator £83,616.75
QinetiQ (large) CDE27689: Low cost tiled transparent armour for improved multi-hit capability £47,235.10
VestGuard UK Ltd (SME) CDE27697: Load Bearing Part Rigidised Rear Soft Armour Panel for a Personal Armour System £39,583.28
University of Bristol (academia) CDE27702: Modelling and Simulation of Topological Interlocking, Hierarchical Architecture and Functional Grading Nature Materials for Improved Armour for Light Armoured Vehicles £66,806.00

The extremes of defence medical capability

Organisation and type CDE reference and project title Contract value
University of Birmingham (academia) CDE26243: The Spiral Peripheral Nerve Interface (SPNI): Integration and Enhancement £86,353.35
Nottingham Trent University (academia) CDE27247: Seamless knitted prosthetic sleeves for the management of perspiration £66,404.00
Air Precision Engineering (SME) CDE27364: Rugged one arm drive wheelchair £39,129.60
Cambridge Design Partnership LLP (SME) CDE27425: Integrated Patient Monitor £55,600.00
Elegant Design and Solutions (SME) CDE27439: The Rugged Blood Transfer Unit £54,040.64

Innovation in ISTAR

Organisation and type CDE reference and project title Contract value
BAE Systems Ltd (large) CDE26145: Demonstration of Advanced Distributed Tracking Algorithms £154,000.00
Thales UK Ltd (large) CDE26553: Low complexity dynamic reduced-rank robust adaptive beamforming for passive sonar £100,000.00
University of Warwick (academia) CDE26590: Action-triggered warning system via action recognition and activity prediction £171,000.00
University of York (academia) CDE26615: Face processing in high volume, low quality, data environments £119,000.00
Roke Manor Research Ltd (large) CDE26679: Complete automatic 3D reconstruction from the ground, air and inside buildings £131,000.00
Plextek Ltd (SME) CDE26857: Exploiting Compressive Sensing to reduce SWAP & to Detect New Radar Threats £72,000.00
Createc (SME) CDE26915: ICS support to unrban operations Digital Scrim £92,880.77

Maritime platform efficiency and sustainability

Organisation and type CDE reference and project title Contract value
University of Southampton (academia) CDE26106: A compact heat recovery system for maritime platforms using high molecular weight working fluids £48,000.00
BMT Defence Services Ltd (large) CDE26326: Power generation from turbo-generatortechnology driven by diesel engine exhaust gas £59,678.18
Ricardo UK Ltd (large) CDE26600: Heat to Power and Heat to Cool systems for military ships £76,000.00