Centre Defence Enterprise

for

Session scope

CDE opportunities

Themed competition briefings

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

Defcon705

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

Additive

manufacturing for

future military

equipment

£750k total

CDE

How has CDE performed?

CDE index

5086 proposals received in 6 years

CDE index

827 proposals funded in 6 years

CDE index

£49M invested in innovation over 6 years

CDE index

17% of proposals funded

CDE index

45% proposals funded with SMEs

What next for CDE?

Opportunities

Social capital

Funding

Innovation Network events

Advice

Opportunity

Networking

22 July 2014, Canary Wharf featuring

‘Detection of airborne chemical hazards’

Innovation Network events

A successful proposal

Clear

Concise

Evidence based