Centre Defence Enterprise
for
Session scope
CDE opportunities
Themed competition briefings
Guest briefing: Design Council
Military capability
Advantage
Persistent
The aim of CDE
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
The aim of CDE
Technology
Best providers
No barriers
Rapid technological change
Defence
Other markets
Utilisation
Opportunities
Awareness
Network
Funding
Managing innovation
Proof of concept Development
Innovation Future capability
CDE MOD + investors
CDE operating principles
Key
Applied
Consistent
Engaging innovators
SMEs
Academia
Wider industry
Funded opportunities
Fair
Accessible
100% funded
Sustained incentive
Guarantee
Support
Feedback
Minimise participation costs
Online bids
Contracting
Investment
Compliance
Regulated
Transparent
Auditable
Intellectual property
Defcon 705
Benevolent
Rights of use
Two routes to funding
Enduring
Themed
Not classified
Enduring competition
Perpetual
Radical
£3M per year
Enduring competition
Challenges
Enduring
Framework
Framework
Protection Lethality Human performance
Mobility Lower cost of ownership
Framework
Situational awareness Communication Data Power
Themed competition
Requirements
Bounded
Specific
Themed competition today
Detection of airborne chemical hazards
£500k total
CDE
How has CDE performed?
CDE Index
5169 Proposals received in 6 years
CDE Index
842 Proposals funded in 6 years
CDE Index
£50M Invested in innovation over 6 years
CDE Index
17% Of proposals funded
CDE Index
43% Proposals funded with SMEs
What next for CDE?
Opportunities
Social capital
Funding
Innovation Network events
Advice
Opportunity
Networking
9 September 2014, Canary Wharf featuring
‘automation of cyber defence responses’
Innovation Network events
A successful proposal
Clear
Concise
Evidence based