Accelerator Innovation network event: Session 3

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Defence and Security Accelerator

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Defence

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Security

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Technical challenges

OFFICIALIn the past and still for many of the smaller platforms we have one sensor per platform.

Current research and development is really thinking in terms of integrated sensing. We have multiple sensors on a single platform Radar and electro-optic and various flavours or electro-optic. At the research level we are moving towards multi-band and broad-band to get around environmental constraints. There is also work on multi-mode combining communications, 2D and 3D sensing in the same system.

Where is sensing likely to move in the future I would argue that there are lots of benefits in moving towards a shared sensing model where the sensors on different platforms provide shared situational awareness. Multi-static systems that make best use of the environmental illumination such as passive SAR are certainly of interest or bi-static systems where the illumination source is safe by virtue of stand-off range whereas the covert receiver is much closer.

Moving towards that model creates lots of technical challenges we would like secure, high bandwidth communications links between the different platforms.We would like a shared positioning and timingAnd obviously interesting challenges as to whether the processing should be distributed, piped off board or localised.4

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Capability delivered to Defence & Security communityImproved understanding potential marketsMarketable productsProcurable solutionsImproved understanding potential solutions

Ideas generation

Experimentation

Demonstration

ExploitationSuppliers & InventorsUsers & InvestorsIdeas ExploitationCollaboration to accelerate exploitation

OFFICIALAn enhanced approach to innovationIncreased focus on exploitationInvolvement of securityMultiple points of entry for innovatorsWelcome non technology based solutionsIncreased funding

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We will continue to evolve as we learn

Innovation Partners to steward potential solutions through development

Technology and non technology based solutions welcome

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Engage with all innovatorsProvide funded opportunitiesMinimise participation costsFoster a healthy attitude to riskMaintain a benevolent stance on IP

Enduring principles

OFFICIALThis may all be covered in Min(DP)s speech

We will continue to evolve as we learn

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Routes to fundingThemed competitions to address specific Defence and Security challengesAccelerator Enduring Challenge to address on-going issues for Defence and Security

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Outstanding ideas

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Phase 1TRL 7TRL 2

TRL 3TRL 4TRL 5TRL 6

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Two phased approach to innovation

OFFICIALHere you can see the operation space of the enduring competition. The Accelerator part is in blue.

We use technology readiness levels or TRLs, to provide a measurement to assess the maturity of evolving concepts. Our phase-1 competitions are searching for ideas that are already at TRL 2 to 3, where a concept has developed and a potential application has been identified.

We want to take these emerging ideas and fund work to take them to a higher TRL, ideally with outputs at TRL 4 where low fidelity deliverables can generate evidence that the basic component parts of an idea will work together.

Having evidence that the outputs from this work are likely to offer valuable benefits to defence and security, we will look to provide follow on, or Phase 2 funding, to mature innovative ideas up to TRL 6 where a higher fidelity prototype can be demonstrated.

We also aspire to further increase the level of maturity of these outputs through other Accelerator resources.

Our funding ethos is that we want the best ideas that successfully complete our funded competitions to go on to realise their potential benefits.

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Phase 1

OFFICIALMinister will announce shortly in her keynote address the new level of funding for the enduring competition.

What I can say is that funding will be awarded though competitions which have a monthly drumbeat and that the number of competitions per year will now be increased.

Our cost and timescales for individual Phase 1 proposals will be limited to 90k and 9months in duration.

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Phase 2

OFFICIALUnder CDE, the enduring competition was limited to Phase 1 funding. Unlike themed competitions where follow Phase 2 funding is programmed in from the Phase 1 launch, the CDE enduring competition relied heavily on other sources for downstream development.

I am pleased to say that follow-on funding for this critical aspect of innovation development will in the future become an established part of the Accelerators enduring competition.

Access to regular Phase 2 enduring competitions for the very best of innovative ideas will significantly increase the potential for exploitation and go a long way to overcoming the perceived valley of death related to innovation.

A cost ceiling for Phase 2 proposals has not yet been finalised - however it is likely that proposals will be up to 0.5m and 18 months in duration.

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Innovation Fund Themed CompetitionRevolutionise the human information relationship for Defence


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Enduring challengecompetition

PowerProvision/sources, non-fossil, hybrid, management, fuel efficiency

CommunicationsSecure, unsecure, mobile, novel forms

Situational AwarenessSensors, precision navigation & timing, reduced GPS dependability, surveillance

LethalityWeapons conventional, novel directed energy, defence, less-than-lethal

MobilityPlatforms [air, land, sea, space, human], means of propulsion

Human PerformancePhysical and mental, systems interface, survivability, training, medical

Lower cost of ownershipPlatforms, equipment, facilities

ProtectionPersonnel, platforms, facilities, digital systems, materials

DataCyber, information, big data, management and processing, sense-making, visualisation, delivery, interoperability9 challenge areas for defence and security

OFFICIALThe Enduring Competition comprise the same nine broadly defined challenges recognised as being the problems facing military commanders down through the centuries.

These nine broad tactical issues will remain a key focus for the enduring competition within the new Accelerator.

However, as the Accelerator grows in capability, our goal is work with UK government Security Agencies to include their enduring challenges in the scope of the competition.

Like the enduring competition under the CDE, the Accelerator will offer proof of concept funding for low technology readiness level innovations.

However, unlike the previous enduring competition where the focus was primarily on science and technology the new enduring competition will be open to innovative ideas which can deliver valuable capabilities and which Minister will expand upon shortly.

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Online bid submission

OFFICIALThere is only one route to submit your research proposal to us and that is our new improved on line submission service, those of you who have worked with CDE before will know some of the challenges we faced with the old portal.

The reason we use one route for all competitions is that it keeps overheads low for us and for you.

It allows very tight control over who gets to see your submission distribution around our network of expert assessors is controlled. This is an important because we take our reputation as a trusted guardian of supplier IP very seriously indeed.

I recommend you sign up for an account as soon as you can so that you can familiarise yourself with the new service. Theres lots of helpful advice and guidance included at every stage of your submission.

Something that never changes is the need to submit a high quality proposal.

One which is clear, concise and evidence based.

You can get some advice on submitting a successful proposal while you are here today, theres a presentation this afternoon by my colleague Bruce Hardy. You can speak to one of the CDE team sign up for one of our online briefings: how to submit a successful proposal. The next one is scheduled for XX , you can sign up from the events page on our website.


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OFFICIALWhatever your idea is about a note of caution

Accelerator competitions will for the present continue to be run at an OFFICIAL level.

So please remember that your proposal mustnt include any information that you wouldnt be happy to leave on a train.!!

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Assessment

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OFFICIALAssessment of proposals will follow our established evidence based performance assessment methodology.

This methodology is tried and tested and has evolved over 8 years of assessing more than SIX and HALF thousand proposals.

Every one of our assessors involved in competitions receives training on this assessment methodology which instructs them to consider the following FIVE categories - and unless we otherwise explicitly state it you can be sure that ALL our assessors are Crown Servants and will protect your IP.

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Impact on defence and securityLikelihood of exploitationAdvancing important innovationInnovation and scientific qualityLevel of challenge

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Assessment criteria

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A. What kind of impact we think your idea is likely to have on defence and security

B. How likely we think it is that we will be able to exploit your idea

C. Whether we think development of ideas such as yours will be good for both UK defence and security and also for UK plc

D. How innovative we think your idea is and how clear and robust we think your proposed approach is to the work you propose to carry out

E. And lastly what level of challenge you think the proposed work will face in order to produce the deliverables.

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Support

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OFFICIALOnce submitted, the Accelerator will assess your proposals with the same agility as did CDE and will return a FUND or NO FUND decision to you within approximately 1 month of the competition closing.

Where a proposal is to be funded then we aim to have the supplier on contract as soon as possible and this is usually within 6 weeks of decision making.

If communication between our commercial department and supplier is good this can be significantly reduced and our record for getting a supplier on contract is just over 24 hours.

If your proposal is selected for funding you will receive support during the contract.

The Accelerator will provide technical advice and assistance to guide potential solutions through their development, matching suppliers with ideas, with customers needs.

Unsuccessful proposals will continue to receive actionable and constructive written feedback in order to help bidders decide the best way forward.

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How to create a great proposal

OFFICIALHello my name is Bruce Hardie and the Im Enduring Competition Manager for the Defence and Security Accelerator.

Youve heard today about the funding opportunities that the Accelerator offers. But what youll hear more about in this session, really importantly, is that the ONLY way for you to access the funding is to actually submit a research proposal to us. And the only way to do that is through our online submission service - but more about that in just a minute.

When you submit your proposal to us, you need to make sure its a good one! The Accelerator looks to fund great ideas for Defence and Security and these need to included in a quality proposal. In this session, Ill explain to you what goes into making a quality proposal and what we train our assessors to look for.

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OFFICIALWhat you can see here is the front page of our online submission service.

It launched in December 2015, and is built on the needs of our users. If any of you were familiar with our old submission portal, youll be pleased to know that this is a vast improvement and has received lots of excellent feedback.

The first thing you need to do is set up an account. If you had an account on the CDE submission service the good news is that you can continue to use it and you DONT need to sign up again. Also worth noting is that if you had proposals in progress then you can continue to work on them inside the submission service and submit them into Accelerator competitions

Anyway if you havent used the service before is very clear and intuitive, with guidance information given throughout, as and when you need it.

Dont forget though, whatever your idea is about your proposal mustnt include any classified information this is very important as the Accelerator competitions are run at an unclassified level.

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Submit an Accelerator proposal

OFFICIALYou can also find the submission service by using a search engine and typing in Submit an Accelerator proposal.

If you do that youll find the link to our website on GOV.UK, explaining all you need to know about submitting an Accelerator proposal.

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OFFICIALIf you could go directly to our website you will see our front page and clearly displayed in the top right hand corner is the link to -------

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Submit a proposal, which will take you to all the guidance you need, and a direct link through to the submission service.

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OFFICIALSo, back onto the submission service

When you start a new proposal, theres a clear sequence of steps from 1 to 5.

Step 1 is to tell us which of our competitions youre entering.

All you need to do here is to here is select from the available entries. The titles of available themed competitions are displayed for you to select, along with their specific challenges. Also available is our always-open enduring competition and the 9 Challenge areas.

When youve done this you will need to click to show you accept the terms and conditions of the Accelerator competitions. Theres a hyperlink to read more on our website about our current standard contract (called DEFCON 705) and other important commercial information.

Once youve made your selections you can SAVE AND CONTINUE.

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OFFICIALIn step 2 - the Summary - you need to give your proposal a title and to briefly summarise what its about and what work you intend to do.

Theres much more space in step 3 to go into detail, so you only need to be brief here, but clear enough to help us to make sure we get the right assessors to look at your proposal.

We also ask you to let us know what technology area your proposal covers.

To make it easy for you we have provided drop down boxes for you to select the technology area most relevant to your proposal.

The final thing on this screen is where we ask if your proposal is a re-submission of a previous competition bid. If it is, you need to let us know what the previous reference number was.

When youve done these things you can SAVE AND CONTINUE.

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OFFICIALStep 3 - INNOVATION DETAILS - is where you need to put the meat of your proposal, so Ill spend a bit longer on this one.

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ABCDInnovation details

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The ideaDefence and security relevanceYour work plan and research approachExploitation beyond the proof-of-concept stage

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Innovation details

OFFICIALStep 3 is split into 4 sub-sections. Its important to get all of the right information across in these to make a good proposal. The 4 sub-sections are (click)

The ideaDefence and security relevanceYour work plan and research approachExploitation beyond the proof-of-concept stage

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Idea

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OFFICIALSo, lets talk about the first sub-section the idea. What you need to do here, is to describe your idea in detail. Tell us how it works and what it does. Take care to explain in what ways its innovative.

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Youll be pleased to know that theres helpful guidance within the submission service itself, to have to hand while you write your proposal, telling you exactly the things you need to include.

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We use technology readiness levels (TRLs) to measure maturity. At this first phase, the Accelerator

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it provides lots of detail about what evidence were expecting to find in this section.

Where further explanation of certain points may be needed like you can see here about technology readiness levels (or TRLs) - hyperlinks are provided to specific guidance held elsewhere.

Regarding technology readiness levels, Accelerator phase-1 competitions seek innovative technologies that have reachedTRL2 to 3, meaning a technology concept has been formulated. We fund projects to develop these toTRL3 (or higher). The Accelerator doesnt fund the very early stage research where basic principles have been observed and reported and which take projects from TRL 1 to 2 Accelerator phase-2 projects seek to develop phase 1 ideas toTRL6 and no higher.

In order to create a proposal which is going to resonate with assessors you must be prepared to address these points and provide answers within your submission

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OFFICIALIn the details box, you can write all of the information you want to include in each relevant section. You can also enter rich text and format it as you wish

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including underlined, bold, italics, bulleted and numbered lists. A spell checker isnt currently included - but this will be added as soon as possible.

We know that often proposals come about as the result of collaborations, perhaps with a number of people working together to write a proposal and we know that many people use MS Word to build their content as its easy to attach to emails.

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If this is how you work, its possible to cut and paste your text directly from MS Word into your online proposal form and keep the original formatting.

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Relevance

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OFFICIALOnto the second sub-section defence and security relevance. Here you need to outline how you believe your idea will be of use in defence and security. Remembering that the aim of the Accelerator is to help provide the best technology capability for the military and national security.

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In every sub-section in this step on the submission service, helpful guidance is to hand.

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explaining exactly the sorts of things you should include.

I know many of you struggle to understand how the military operates but honestly its very similar to most large businesses. Defence tries to:

1 - Reduce its operating costs and timescales through lower-cost materials or skills savings2 - Gain an advantage over adversaries from using better quality equipment or better training3 Look after the health and safety of its employees

If you find yourself stuck and cant see an application or what the benefits might be for your innovation, then talk to our Military Advisors at our events or book a face-to-face meeting to discuss your idea in greater detail with defence experts.

When you do identify what you believe are benefits to defence and security - try hard here to provide some form of numerical estimate of the size of the benefit. Big claims are great but credible evidence is also important.

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Work plan

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OFFICIALIn the third sub-section your work plan and research approach our assessors need to see a clear, detailed plan of the activities youll carry out. The plan should be logical and fully describe the outputs well see - we call these deliverables.

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The guidance will tell you what you need to include. Timescales and resource requirements should be included, as should dependencies and potential risks and their mitigations.

Collaborations with other organisations are seen as a positive thing, so dont worry that your proposal will look bad because you need help from others to do the work.

Gantt chart and work-breakdown structures are useful to include in any proposal as they help assessors to quickly grasp your proposed approach at high level. In the submission service you can easily upload image attachments in JPG or PNG formats, by browsing for a file on your computer, or dragging and dropping.

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Work plan

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OFFICIALWe want to see a well-articulated description of deliverables so we can be sure about what youre offering. For each deliverable you must provide us with whats called a full-rights version. You can read more about what this means through the hyperlink to our website. Full-rights deliverables contain only intellectual property (IP) generated through the Accelerator project, limited-rights deliverables may include some background IP from previous work.

We also want to know what tests you're going to carry out to assess the performance of your deliverables. We want to be confident that your deliverables can be judged to have some of the improved performance benefits you claim within your proposal.

Experience has shown the most effective way for you to do this is for you to define some credible measures of performance, which your trials or experiments will provide the data for.

Finally, please remember to watch out for ethics. If you think your proposal involves humans or animals - even simple things like questionnaires (for humans that is!) you should check out our website for something called MODREC (MOD research ethics committee) approval before you submit a proposal.

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Exploitation

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OFFICIALThe final sub-section in step 3 is exploitation beyond the proof-of-concept stage. We need to see evidence that your proposed idea could be developed into a mature, usable product in the future.

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So, using the guidance given, you need to think about how you would progress the work at the end of the project.

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OFFICIALNow, were done with step 3on to step 4 finance and delivery schedule. Please tell us how much money youll need and how you plan to spend it.

We normally fund phase-1 proof-of-concept projects costing between 40,000 to 100,000. We cant consider projects costing 150,000 or more.All costs must be excluding VAT.

In this step, there are easy-to-use tables to put in your LABOUR costs, CAPITAL costs, OVERHEADS, CONSUMABLES, SUBCONTRACTOR costs and for TRAVEL EXPENSES that your proposed project might incur.

You can also add a profit margin at the bottom, and my advice is that this should be reasonable and commensurate with the other proposed rates in your cost breakdown.

When youve entered these costs we ask you to name your DELIVERABLES and put together a schedule for their delivery, again marking them as full rights or limited rights. There must be a full-rights version of each deliverable.

As has always been the case, the Ministry of Defence doesnt pay in advance for work to be carried out. BUT if you think waiting till youve finished all your work is going to be a problem, you can create deliverables such as interim progress reports, which highlight work done and the results obtained to date and link them to STAGE PAYMENTS. Up to 6 can be made during the project.

When youve completed these parts you can SAVE AND CONTINUE to the final step of the submission process.

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OFFICIALThis last step is where you have an opportunity to view how your proposal will look to the assessors.

As you progress through each step of the previous 4 steps of the submission service - the software tells you if you have forgotten to tick a box or include something important. If you still have any of these things missing when you reach this final step - the SUBMIT button will be greyed out. Youll need to go back and fix the missing bits before you can submit your proposal.

If youve completed everything you need to, youll see the SUBMIT button so when youre completely happy youve added everything you need to and you are satisfied with the way it looks click the SUBMIT button.

When youve done this you will be greeted by a THANK YOU page, which tells you that your submission has been received by the Accelerator.

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Its split in DRAFT and COMPLETED proposals.

If youve submitted a proposal to us, it will have been allocated an Accelerator reference number

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You can also see that unlike the DRAFT proposals, the completed one has a STATUS of SUBMITTED

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and again this is another easy way to check your proposal has gone through to us.

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IN ASSESSMENTSUBMITTEDFUNDNO FUNDProposal status

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SUBMITTED means weve got your proposalIN ASSESSMENT means the proposal is being assessed or a final decision on funding hasnt been made yetFUND or NO FUND will be the status you will see on your dashboard when weve made a decision. If you have a NO FUND decision, soon after you will also get feedback as to why you werent successful.

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Watermarking

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OFFICIALJust a quick word on security.

Im sure you know, that like CDE before it, the Accelerator takes very seriously its responsibilities as a trusted guardian of your supplier IP.

We have a watermark feature that displays the name of the submission service user right across your proposal when on screen and if printed out. This feature is active for suppliers such as yourselves and internally for our assessors and moderators.

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Assessment A. Impact on defence and security

OFFICIALSo now onto how your proposals will be assessed.

All proposals submitted to the Accelerator are assessed using well defined assessment criteria. We train all our assessors on these, so our experts know what to be looking out for.

For each proposal, a panel of assessors score against each of the criteria, and a moderator then makes a recommendation of whether to fund it or not. This recommendation is then subject to internal peer review before final decisions are made.

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Impact on defence and security - were looking for clear evidence that your innovation will significantly improve our defence and security capabilities. Well consider things like what the innovation will do, who would use it and where, and the potential benefit to UK defence and security.

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B. Likelihood of exploitation - Were looking for evidence that your proposed idea can be developed into a mature, usable product. Well consider things like your plan for development beyond the proof-of-concept stage, and the usability and cost of the final product.

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Assessment B. Likelihood of exploitation

OFFICIALSo now onto how your proposals will be assessed.

All proposals submitted to the Accelerator are assessed using well defined assessment criteria. We train all our assessors on these, so our experts know what to be looking out for.

For each proposal, a panel of assessors score against each of the criteria, and a moderator then makes a recommendation of whether to fund it or not. This recommendation is then subject to internal peer review before final decisions are made.

The 5 assessment criteria are:

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Impact on defence and security - were looking for clear evidence that your innovation will significantly improve our defence and security capabilities. Well consider things like what the innovation will do, who would use it and where, and the potential benefit to UK defence and security.

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B. Likelihood of exploitation - Were looking for evidence that your proposed idea can be developed into a mature, usable product. Well consider things like your plan for development beyond the proof-of-concept stage, and the usability and cost of the final product.

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Assessment C. Advancing important science and technology

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C. Advancing important science and technology - we want to develop important science and technology - and not necessarily just in relation to defence and security. Well consider things like whether or not your project will substantially progress science and technology in relation to UK defence and security, and whether it might have uses in other market sectors.

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D. Innovation and scientific quality - wed like to know if the science proposed is innovative and if its going to be done to the highest standard. Well consider things like how innovative your idea is, and the detail in your science and your work plan.

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E. Technical challenge - Accelerator competitions are designed to make possible exciting and innovative work. The perfect project will be highly challenging with a high potential benefit to UK defence and security. Well consider things like whether theres evidence of very ambitious science and technology and rigorous testing. We also want deliverables that help us to determine whether or not the project has been a success.

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Assessment D. Innovation and scientific quality

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Final reminders

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Please be clear and concise when filling in your proposal as much as our assessors love learning about new science and technology, they are extremely busy people and they will have only around 60 minutes to read and give their opinions, so ask yourself how much you can read and digest in 60 mins this should be your guide on the length of your proposal.

Do use diagrams photos tables etc to support your descriptions, you can upload JPGs and PNGs to each subsection of the innovation details step this really helps us to digest your proposal quickly and effectively.

Remember to find commercial alternatives, so that your proposals dont rely on Government-provided things to do the work we hate to say NO FUND to a proposal just because we cant guarantee to be able to give you the information, equipment or resource you need.

And please remember - in order to create a proposal which is going to resonate with assessors you must be prepared to address the points raised in the what do I need to include links.

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And finally, particularly in the case of Themed Competitions, DONT leave your submissions to the last moment before submitting them. Give yourself plenty of time. Dont miss the deadline!!!! If you do, the submission service wont allow you to submit your proposal to that themed competition. If its for the enduring competition, then you will go into the next months submission cycle but for themed competitions, youll have missed the boat!

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Final reminders

OFFICIALSo some important points to finish on:

Please be clear and concise when filling in your proposal as much as our assessors love learning about new science and technology, they are extremely busy people and they will have only around 60 minutes to read and give their opinions, so ask yourself how much you can read and digest in 60 mins this should be your guide on the length of your proposal.

Do use diagrams photos tables etc to support your descriptions, you can upload JPGs and PNGs to each subsection of the innovation details step this really helps us to digest your proposal quickly and effectively.

Remember to find commercial alternatives, so that your proposals dont rely on Government-provided things to do the work we hate to say NO FUND to a proposal just because we cant guarantee to be able to give you the information, equipment or resource you need.

And please remember - in order to create a proposal which is going to resonate with assessors you must be prepared to address the points raised in the what do I need to include links.

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And finally, particularly in the case of Themed Competitions, DONT leave your submissions to the last moment before submitting them. Give yourself plenty of time. Dont miss the deadline!!!! If you do, the submission service wont allow you to submit your proposal to that themed competition. If its for the enduring competition, then you will go into the next months submission cycle but for themed competitions, youll have missed the boat!

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OFFICIALSo thats it.give it a try. The submission service is easy to use and the online help makes it clearer, at point of use, exactly what content we need from you.

And hopefully that will result is our assessors getting to review lots of exciting, innovative, high-quality proposals!

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Unmanned Warrior

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Maritime Capabilityfrom concept to reality

50This is a painting of the TURBINIA racing through the Spithead Review of 1897.Having tried unsuccessfully to convince the Admiralty of the benefit of steam turbines to power RN vessels, Charles Parsons turned up in the Turbinia at Queen Victorias diamond jubilee Fleet Review in 1897, just out here in the Solent. It was audacious and brilliant. The Turbinia, which was much faster than any ship at the time, raced between the two lines of navy ships and steamed up and down in front of the crowd and royalty, while easily evading a Navy picket boat that tried to pursue her, indeed, almost swamping it with her wake. By 1905 the Admiralty had confirmed that all future RN vessels were to be turbine powered and in 1906 HMS Dreadnought, the first turbine-powered battleship was launched.

Maritime Capability

5151Unmanned Warrior is just one strand of technology that will merit more rapid demonstration and exploitation.Autonomy and unmanned systems part of a bigger landscape of science and technology opportunities UW16 as a framework and exemplar for similar future demonstrationsIts not just what they might do tomorrow, but also what they might offer for the future and what are the implications.And not like-for-like capability. What else can we use these for off board decoys etc?You wont see this today, but we want you to think about it and discuss it.Refer to discussion session on Hebs day 2 and key events in 2017: UW16 back-brief, MCID, DSEIIdentify opportunities for exploitation including commercial opportunities that may not include MOD.

Rise of autonomous systems

Challenges of delivering UW16:Regulation; difference between air, sub/surface.UW16 benefits to orgs like CAA, MAA, MCA etc.Manned/Unmanned co-existingDo we understand how we will operate in this environment in future?Even if we dont adopt MAS, lots of others will.Procure differently.Must influence todays investment and platform design decisions.

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Bad guys have this stuff

Will we lose the initiative or fail to prepare for the threat?National, non-state and terrorist developing and deploying the same technologies.Imagine the possible effect of multiple cheap UAV or UUV fitted with explosives being piloted into a ship alongsideor the realisation that other nations may well have these capabilities deployed in our backyard alreadyPotential threat organisations not bound by the acquisition cycle or long-winded processes to exploit technology advances. Buy it, use it, forget it.53

Innovation commitments(SDSR and subsequent)Defence-wide1.2% of overall UK Defence budget for Science and Technology20% of S&T budget towards Disruptive Capabilities 86 million, over this parliament, for a Defence and Security Accelerator, Innovation and Research InSights unit (IRIS) and an Entrepreneurial and Business Skills Programme800 million Defence Innovation Fund, 155m of which was signposted in the Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR)Innovation and Research InSights (IRIS) unitAn in-government unit to inform strategy and investment decisions by drawing on insights across Government, industry and academia.Defence & Security AcceleratorA hub to identify solutions to defence and security challenges, through bringing customers and suppliers together and manage development from conception into serviceMOD Personnel Entrepreneurial and Business skills programmeDevelop the skills required to enable a more innovative culture in defence S&T and staff the AcceleratorDefence Innovation FundTo focus investment on the generation and acceleration of future concepts through to operational capability

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Aim: Through collaborative MAS Enterprise behaviours, collective effort and clear leadership; to demonstrate, trial and experiment with the tactical employment of unmanned and autonomous systems in the maritime and littoral environments in order to mature credible capability choices for the mainstream adoption of MAS.Unmanned WarriorThe Royal Navy will lead and win through the innovative and robust exploitation of Maritime Autonomous Systems (MAS).

- Schiebel S-100 UAV Boeing (ASW/ISTAR)- Scan Eagle UAV Boeing- Solo (UAV) Leonardo Heli- Hoverbike (UAV) Malloy Aero- ACER C2Benbecula Airfield (ISTAR)- NRQ-21 UAS- Airborne Computer Vision- Seahunter UAS w/ PILLS (GEO)

Stornoway ASW Primary Location- SHARC/waveglider (USV) (Boeing)- Autonaut (USV) (MOST-AV)- AUV 62AT (Acous Tgt)(UUV) Saab

Northern River- P950 RIB ISTAR/ASW (Aeroenvir) w/ KraitArray Demonstrator payload (SEA)- Puma & Wasp (UAV) (BAE)- Indago (UAV) (LM) - P24 & P950 (USV)- Scan Eagle & Schiebel S-100 UAV Boeing- ACER C2BUTEC Kyle of Lochalsh (MCM/GEO) - TTCP Hell Bay IV Trials- UUV / UAS C2 node VAPOR 55- REA Ops for MCM using IVER UUV- CC-UUV TACMEMO- NOMWC Data Fusion Cell- NOMWC UUV pltn (REMUS 100)- Waterside Rapid Deployment Security System (ASW)

HellBay IV-PSS-R (USV) RN-REMUS 100/600 (UUV) RN-Black Start UAV (Blue Bear Sys)-IVER 2/3 & SeaRobotics 260 (DRDC UUV)-IVER 3,REMUS 100/600, V8 M500 (UUV) -REMUS 100 (DSTO UUV) Maybe-RNMB Hazard MASTT-ACER C2

BUTEC Applecross RCBMine Hunt Challenge-ARCIMS USV (Atlas Electronik)-Halcyon (USV) Thales-Sea Wasp (UUV) SAAB Seaeye

Operating locations

Overview of UW16.Over 50 unmanned vehicles, more than 40 organisations, in the air on the surface and underwater, across more than 10,000 square miles. The largest ever UK mass deployment of ocean gliders, gathering ocean data ahead of the main exercise.The first ever outing of Watchkeeper in the maritime environment (W. Wales)Boeing SHARC & MOST Autonaut surface gliders maintained an effective barrier against submarines 24/7 over the 2 weeks of the exercise the first UK demonstration of an anti-submarine capability using unmanned vehicles.

Theme LocationsGEOINT Precursor operations with data available to JW participants.ASW - Stornoway Wavegliders and UUV Target (SD Warden)ISTAR Hebrides Mostly UAS, but with a variety of sensors, many operated in the UK for the first time, eg VIDAR. UW16 CTG.MCM - BUTEC Full range of air, surface and sub-surface UXV56

C2 - UXV integration and automationBuild once, use many times.Serialsconducted:

MCM serialsBUTEC

ISTAR serialsCardigan BayOuter HebridesThe Minches

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Key Points:Fundamental to future maritime integration of autonomous systems, but many principles similar across defence.Underpinned by Dstl S&T programmes.Open Architectures are future of App-based Command System; lowers threshold for system entry, broadens market including SMEs.As much about the relationship with industry (Eg BAE current DA for CMS, but also part of the OACS project).Large number of systems integrated, some on the ground with teams re-writing code on the fly.Fully representative CMS, could be replicated on DD/FF when OACS programme goes to sea.ACER C2 Success 23 systems operated by 12 organisations from 6 countries.

ACER ISTAR (Afloat)Principle version of ACER, deployed on SD Northern RiverOwn sensor suite enables Own Tactical PicturePrimary focus ISTAR Theme

ACER Stone FrigateLand based instantiation deployed at BenbeculaNo own sensor suitePrimary focus ISTAR Theme

ACER MCM C2ISO container instantiation based at BUTECNo own sensor suitePrimary focus MCM Theme

Background:Over the 3 weeks of Unmanned Warrior 16 the ACER UXV C2 system was able to integrate data from 25 vehicles, run by 12 organisations, from 6 countries and covering all three maritime environments of air, surface and land. This demonstrates that a single system to integrate data from all unmanned vehicles is viable (sounds a bit like the Lord of the Rings), and provides a route for the RN to exploit unmanned vehicles in the future.

From the ISTAR perspective this integration was very Mandrolic, with lots of interactions with people. Some key findings:

Integrating new vehicles was relatively straight forward, with some integration work only starting during UW16

Having a video feed into the CMS is significantly augmented by integrating "Own Position" from the UXVs, plus the tracks of targets detected by the UXV.

The applications run as part of UW16, employed an OPV based core CMS. But because of the approach used can be instantly implemented alongside a T23 CMS or T45 CMS using the OACS approach. This work therefore demonstrates the worth of an Open Architecture Combat System, based on a Shared Infrastructure, as a route to readily incorporating Applications which can add significant utility.

Much more autonomy is required to reduce the manpower burden. The S&T area is part of the TTCP Autonomy Strategic Challenge, and will be looking to embed greater levels of automation, to replace much of the human level interactions. Trials in Sept 17 and July 18 are planned leading to an Unmanned Warrior scale exercise in the Australian Autonomous Warrior planned for November 2018.

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SHARC

REMUS

SEA GLIDERS

Speaker 1:I need to understand all three environments to give me the operational advantage and reduce my military footprint as far as possible

Speaker 2:SHARC USVs deployed to the East of Stornoway in mid September Top Left - Current direction from SHARCREMUS UUVs were put into the BUTEC area to provide Rapid Environmental Assessment (REA)7 x SLOCUMs (NOC) and SEA GLIDERs (RN) south of Barra island Bottom left - Oceanographic data from gliders58

Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW)

AUTONAUTSHARC

P-950

Speaker 1:ASW Threat is growingMaritime assets are strategicAccess

Speaker 2:Autonaut and Sharc have been conducting submarine deny operations off Stornoway since the beginning of the week All systems equipped with passive array sensors and this has successfully prevented enemy forces posturing for a future attack in the areaPAC 950 will join them at the end of this week passive ASW search 8 plus hours endurance

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MCM at BUTEC

Spell out acronyms MCM and BUTEC

Key Points:MCM as an example and possible indicator of area of early exploitation.World first, squad-based collaborative autonomy, multi-national, multi environment.Over the horizon, move people further from the danger.10 clicks to task the squad impact on who/how we conduct MCM operations.All feeding back to one C2 system. Collaborative autonomy means USV investigating COIs, UXVs re-planning if system failures etc.Repeated the world first with up to 10 (11) systems in UW16.Principles read across to similar challenges across Defence/OGDs.60

MCM at BUTEC

CoPilot control panel

Sonar control panel

Video control panel

Georeferenced Display

Autonomy developedwaypoint navigationsonar ATRvideo ATRtarget homing

Key Points:Autonomy not just driving vehicles around, but more cognitive tasks such as target recognition.Parallels across Defence. Also an area that commercial sector heavily investing in.Likely greater impact on how we do business, particularly on our personnel.UW16 demonstrated evidence to accelerate the MHC assessment phase.

Background:The current UK MCM capability is provided by eight HUNT class and seven SANDOWN class vessels. These ships hunt mines using onboard sonar systems and then prosecute them with off board remote vehicles or mine clearance dive teams - but there are capability shortfalls: there are increased risks to personnel required to enter a live minefield; the ships lack the ability to be deployed rapidly worldwide; they cannot operate in stride with a naval task force; and they have no minesweeping capability, which was removed in 2003 because of obsolescence and high support costs. The Mine countermeasures and Hydrographic Capability Programme, or MHC for short, is a transformational and incremental programme that will update and subsequently replace the full existing MCM capability to provide assured maritime freedom of manoeuvre, delivering minehunting and minesweeping mission systems (including remote controlled and autonomous OBS) to legacy and future platforms. It is far more than just an Equipment Programme according to the former 1SL, MHC is the turn-key to break the paradigm of like-for-like capability replacement. The final part of the programme is the replacement of the complex, magnetically clean (glass reinforced plastic (GRP)) and acoustically quiet vessels, by what is expected to be significantly cheaper non-complex warships, towards the end of the next decade. Also within scope for MHC, UK Hydrographic (H) capability is provided by two Echo class survey vessels.

So what did the MCM Theme achieve at UW16:First, 5 and then ultimately 10 Autonomous vehicles from 3 nations (UK, US, CAN) operating across 3 domains (air, surface and sub-surface) were successfully employed to complete an Mine Hunting mission. This is a significant step in proving an Over The Horizon capability for Autonomous Vehicles and a world-first in demonstrating multi-squad and multi-national goal-based collaborative autonomy.

Second, Dstl/ONR were delighted with the automated mine disposal ROV trial results. Multiple fully autonomous ROV runs conducted against different mine types in water depths up to 60m, using sonar/video image enhancement and ATR to achieve correct mine disposal charge placement. This UK/US collaborative demonstration is the only known occasion this has been achieved and is potentially another world-first. In any event, automated mine disposal has been widely regarded as the most difficult element of MCM to achieve autonomously.

And finally, the Minehunting Challenge demonstrated the technical maturity of some unmanned systems, namely USV Towed Sonars and ROVs, to offer more cost effective and capable solutions for UK-based MCM tasks.

The so what for the MHC Programme is that the MCM Themes achievements at UW16 have served to provide further evidence and reinforce the growing view that the MHC Assessment Phase could realistically be shortened to c5 years, and that either the whole Programme or alternatively some incremental elements for UK-based MCM could be accelerated to mitigate any Cmd BOI related decisions to reduce ship numbers.

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ISTAR Radar and Electro Optic

LIDAR

VIDAR

Spell out acronym - ISTAR

Speaker 1:Vital to delivering warfare in the information ageEverybody wants it, its a joint enablerNovel payloads emerge we need to reset what we think ISTAR is its much bigger than FMV

Speaker 2:11 task lines available operating across the area of interest with varying payloads sensors and rangesMany of these systems complement manned aviation assets with another layer of persistent ISR meaning that we can reserve valuable manned aircraft for when they are really needed

Speaker 2:Later today you will get an opportunity to meet some of the teams operating these systemsTop right: you see the optionally manned Solo helicopter. Weve been employing this asset on wide area surveillance out to 80 miles for upto three hours a day since the beginning of the week. We are establishing patterns of life information and good surface picture compillation Sea Hunter, (bottom right), has been collecting detailed surveys of coastal areas using LIDAR system and will be employed for shallow water search for submarines when requriedYesterday VIDAR software in Scan Eagle proved very effective in picking up small fast moving craft.62

Exploiting innovation in the airFrom thisThrough thisTo this

High costResource intensiveBespoke UK solutionsOperational concept demonstrationof current platforms to informInvestment in high persistence, lower cost of ownership capabilitiesWorking with UK Industry to develop exportable solutions to a global requirement

Key Points:Acknowledge that much of this not new for Defence.The first UK flying of the Schiebel S100, NRG-21 and a number of the cutting edge payloads (VIDAR, LIDAR and machine based platform recognition).Flexibility of modular systems, particularly sensor packages and value of integrating into the C2 and supporting the Commanders decision making.Opportunity to quickly vary configs in tactical scenario and whilst integrated into the task group.UW16 proves maturity to make decisions now on future manned/unmanned capabilities.

Background:The RN utilise aviation to provide Intelligence, Surveillance and Attack, as well as moving equipment, people and providing rescue.

Whilst Unmanned systems currently available cannot replace manned capability in entirety, the operational capability demonstrated at UW16 has shown that they provide a credible choice for lower cost capability across a broad range of tasks.

Having recently recapitalised the Manned Fleet, the RN must identify the moment to introduce new platforms that presents best VfM for the UK.

UW16 and the Concept Demonstrators we wish to run will inform BOLD decisions to be made regarding future platforms whilst continuing to provide warfighting edge.

The collegiate approach taken by Industry will unlock an approach that sees exportability as a Key Requirement in return for lower cost of ownership through a global product market contributing to UK prosperity. The RN was identified during UW16 as leading the way by global defence and must leverage this position for the RN and UKs advantage.

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offboard systems non-complex mothership versatile flightdeck modular mission bay

Mine countermeasures and hydrographic capabilityType 26Global combat ship

NATO interface standards agility force multiplierAdaptability Mission Modules manned and unmanned systems networked Big Data

Anti Submarine Warfare VisionForce development capability plans

64MHCIncremental and transformational programme that will update and subsequently replace the full existing MCM and H capabilitiesSweep demonstrator prove unmanned USV based sweep system integrate into HUNT class MCMVFR/UK Maritime MCM demonstrator stage 1 (design) over next 2 years system of systems for Offboard System Integration. Stages 2-4 to follow. Concept phase has produced compelling evidence that unmanned Offboard systems deployed from low vale steel ships or from ashore could deliver all elements of the capability.

ASW vision capability that provides an operational advantage - through the principles of sea control and sea denial delivered from both manned and unmanned platform with coordinated , distributed and networked sensors, both acoustic and non-acoustic, and weapons.A variety of research projects underpin the transition to the ASW capability portfolio; marginal gains in the existing sonar performance a step change in multi-static processing is due to be made when the Merlin Mk2 enters service and then we aim to incorporate the S2087 LFAS system into that Multi-static network processing of big data could unlock step changes in detection capability (the ability of industry to miniaturize this technology the ability to develop autonomous unmanned systems appears to be within touching distance).

Adaptability Developing more adaptable and agile designs of ships through modularityInitial design based around modular mission systems to a common standard to enable pooling and sharing of capabilities within NATO and coalitions primarily based around 10 foot and 20 foot ISO container dimensions ease of transportation for land, air and sea and increases COTS supply equipment Moving to develop modularised weapon and sensor systems with ships that can be fitted but not withCommon and open architecture Combat system is key enabler

The Royal Navy will lead and win through the innovative and robust exploitation of Maritime Autonomous Systems.

Value of collaborationRN LeadershipSingle focal point in timeCreating a forum for export

Experimentation can take place alongside exercisesScenario and requirement generate command pullSignificant assets and SQEP involved/available

Need to accept that defence no longer shapes technical developmentMore willing to allow industry to help shape our thinkingNeed to look at COTS without making it bespokeRequirement for innovative acquisition modelValue of made in Britain, X-govt coherence and export by design.

Requirement to understand what implications of tech proliferation means even if we dont adopt, ie regulation

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