Centre Defence Enterprise

for

Andy Nicholson Head of CDE

Session scope

CDE opportunities

Enduring competition briefings

Effective proposals

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

Barriers

Rapid technological change

Defence

Other markets

Utilisation

Opportunities

Awareness

Network

Funding

Managing innovation

Proof of concept Development

Innovation Future capability

CDE MOD + industry

CDE operating principles

Key

Applied

Consistent

Engaging innovators

SMEs

Academia

Wider industry

Funded opportunities

Fair

Equitable

Accessible

Sustained incentive

Guarantee

Support

Feedback

Minimise participation costs

Bidding

Contracting

Investment

Compliance

Fair

Transparent

Auditable

Intellectual property

Defcon705

Benevolent

Rights of use

Two routes to funding

Enduring

Themed

Enduring competition

Perpetual

Radical

£3M per year

Enduring competition

Challenges

Enduring

9+1 framework

Framework

Protection Lethality Human performance

Mobility Lower cost of ownership

Framework

Situational awareness Communication Data Power New capabilities

Enduring challenge

Today: Cyber programme Combat Air programme

Themed competition

Requirements

Bounded

Specific

Themed competition today

Novel EOIR

£ 600,000

CDE

How has CDE performed?

CDE index

4954 Proposals received in 5½ years

CDE index

800 Proposals funded in 5½ years

CDE index

£44M Invested in innovation over 5½ 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

Modular

Opportunity

Value

25 March 2014 Featuring

‘future sonar’ and

‘innate response targets for therapy’

Innovation Network events

The proposal

The essentials

Online bid submission

CDE Portal

Only route

Low overhead

A successful proposal

Clear

Concise

Evidence based

Description

First thing

Imagination

Assessors

Unclassified

Mandatory

Including work

No exceptions

Assessment

Each assessor

Per proposal

As presented 60 Minutes

Not an exam

Structure

Information

Choice

Commercial tab

Vital

Acceptance

Assessors

Government-Furnished X

Unique

Vital

Proportionate

Health and safety

Safe work

Risks

Management

Ethics

Testing

Clearance

Partition

In it to win it

Deadline

Plan

Submit early

Centre Defence Enterprise

for