Notice

Competition summary: beyond battery power

Updated 10 November 2016

1. Summary

This Centre for Defence Enterprise (CDE) themed competition is looking for proposals for technologies that will reliably generate power for man-portable and robotic and autonomous systems (RAS). These technologies need to be small, lightweight, modular and preferably have a low acoustic and/or infrared signature.

We’re particularly interested in technologies:

  • to improve endurance; stretching to days rather than minutes
  • that are lightweight and man-portable
  • that have high energy density; greater than 1,000 watt hours per kg

As well as developing principal technology components in this competition, at phase 2 we also want to go on to demonstrate integrated system solutions comprising technology components from one or a number of suppliers.

2. Total funding

Up to £750,000 is available for phase 1 of this competition. We expect to fund a number of projects around £40,000 to £80,000 with research lasting up to 9 months, with phase 1 deliverables completed by the end of January 2018.

Up to £750,000 will be made available for phase 2. This will only be to projects funded through phase 1 of the competition and will be considered on a per-project basis.

3. Competition close

This competition closes on Wednesday 1 February 2017 at 5pm. Proposals must be submitted to CDE online.