Guidance

Past Innovation Focus Areas

Details of the Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) past Innovation Focus Areas (IFAs)

• From: Defence and Security Accelerator
• Published: 24 July 2020
• Last updated: 11 June 2024
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  1. 11 June 2024

     Innovation Focus Area IFA041 added.

  2. 19 February 2024

     IFA040 - A Bridge To Fall added to Past Innovation Focus Areas.

  3. 17 August 2023

     IFA038 Advanced Materials for Defence added to past Innovation Focus Areas

  4. 14 June 2023

     Added Beyond Line of Sight Communications which has now closed.

  5. 28 February 2023

     Added IFA034: Countering IEDs by Novel Technology and Techniques to the list of past IFAs as it will no longer re-open.

  6. 23 November 2022

     Added: IFA033 - Human Augmentation

  7. 20 September 2022

     Added the following IFAs which have closed: Double Act: National Security Technologies (IFA032) Simulating Future Battlespace Complexity (IFA024) Defence People – Skills, Knowledge and Experience (IFA023) Operate and Deliver Effects in Contested Domains (IFA022) Delivering Agile Command and Control (IFA021) Integrate Information and Physical Activity Across all Domains (IFA020)

  8. 22 June 2022

     Added IFA031 to list of past IFAs

  9. 27 April 2022

     MSIA IFA 030 added.

  10. 2 March 2022

      Added ARCD to the Past Innovations Areas

  11. 5 January 2022

      Added RCAS to Past Innovation Focus Area HTML

  12. 2 June 2021

      IFA026 - Armoured Fighting Vehicle Short Gap Crossing Capability has now closed. IFA026 description has now been added to this page.

  13. 31 March 2021

      Now includes details of IFA025 - Reducing Reliance on Global Navigation Satellite Systems Quantum Augmented Position, Navigation and Timing Sensing Capability

  14. 3 December 2020

      Now includes IFA018 - Reduced-Burden Area Biosurveillance

  15. 1 October 2020

      Now includes IFA013

  16. 24 July 2020

      First published.

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Past Innovation Focus Areas

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Details

The attached document provides information regarding previous Innovation Focus Areas. If you have an idea regarding past IFAs, we will still accept proposals relating to these challenges via the Open Call for Innovation.

Current IFAs open for submission can be found here.

If you have any questions, then please email accelerator@dstl.gov.uk.