Centre Defence Enterprise

for

24 June 2015

Innovation Network

Centre Defence Enterprise

for

Andy Nicholson

Head of CDE

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

Compliance

Cyber security

framework

Intellectual property

Defcon 705

Benevolent

Rights of use

Two routes to funding

Enduring

Themed

Not classified

Enduring competition

Perpetual

Radical

£3 million 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

Open-source big data

insight £250k phase 1

CDE

How has CDE performed?

CDE index

5621 Proposals received in 7 years

CDE index

931 Proposals funded in 7 years

CDE index

£57M Invested in innovation over 7 years

CDE index

18% Of proposals funded

CDE index

43% Proposals funded with SMEs

What next for CDE?

Opportunities

Social capital

Funding

Innovation Network events

Advice

Opportunity

Networking

Innovation Network events

8 July 2015 persistent surveillance and training (with

UK Defence Solutions Centre )

9 July 2015 understanding cyberspace and what’s

inside that building?

A successful proposal

Clear

Concise

Evidence based

www.gov.uk/dstl/cde