Centre for Defence Enterprise Innovation Networking Event

22 September 2016

Innovation Network event 22 September 2016

Jim Pennycook CDE Head of Operations

Centre for Defence Enterprise

In the beginning ….

Technology development

Technology development

Innovation = military advantage

The aim of CDE

Military capability

years

Prove the value of innovative, high-risk, high-potential-benefit research to enable development of cost-effective military capability advantage

Defence White Paper – National Security Through Technology Feb 2012

CDE directive

Enduring

Themed

Two routes to funding

up to £3 million per year

at least £500,000 per competition

Themed competitions FY15/16 Theme Value

Open-source big data insight £2.25M Persistent surveillance from the air £2.25M

Agile, immersive training £2.25M What's inside that building? £1.15M

Understand and interact with cyberspace £1.00M Security for the internet of things £2.00M

Autonomy and big data £4.00M Synthetic biology for novel materials £3.50M

Identification and treatment of tinnitus £1.00M

Theme Value

Persistent surveillance phase 2 (April 16) £1.00M

Agile and immersive training phase 2 (April 16) £1.00M

Seeing through the clouds ( Jun 16) £2.00M

Autonomy and big data phase 2 (Sep 16) £2.00M

Autonomous Hazardous Scene Assessment (Sep 16) £2.00M

Many drones make light work (Sep 16) £2.00M

Themed competitions FY16/17

Future Air Security Systems Synthetic biology Portable power

6519 proposals received

57% SMEs

CDE headline figures

23% Industry

20% Academia

1059 proposals funded (16%)

19% Themed

13% Enduring

1059 contracts placed

43% SMEs

29% Industry

28% Academia

10% of proposals ‘exploited’

• Into core research programme • Primes • Other investors

£75M invested since 2008

CDE Marketplace

The future

We will launch a defence innovation initiative We will establish a defence and security accelerator for government to help the private sector, allies and academia turn ideas into innovative equipment and services faster for national security users.

Strategic Defence and Security Review Nov 2015

Strategic Defence and Security Review

Centre for Defence Enterprise

SDSR 2015 Innovation Initiative

Defence & Security Accelerator

SDSR 2015 Innovation Initiative

Pause on 25 October 2016 at 5pm

Relaunch early 2017

Enduring competition

What’s happening today?

10:00 to 10:20

Welcome and CDE update Jim Pennycook

10:20 to 11:20

Many drones make light work Themed competition briefing

12:15 to 13:15

Autonomy in hazardous scene assessment Themed competition briefing

10:00 to 13:15 CDE enduring competition face-to-face confidential meetings

Morning

11:30 to 12:00 Coffee break

14:30 to 14:45 Introduction to CDE Bruce Hardie

14:45 to 15:30 Creating effective CDE proposals Bruce Hardie

14:30 to 16:30 Autonomy in hazardous scene assessment Themed competition face-to-face confidential meetings

Afternoon 14:30 to 16:30 Many drones make light work Themed competition face-to-face confidential meetings

Many drones make light work

Autonomous hazardous scene assessment

Today’s competitions

Questions

Innovation Networking Event 22 September2016

Centre for Defence Enterprise