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

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 competitions today

Synthetic biology applications for defence - £1 million and Defence medical sciences - £500,000

CDE

How has CDE performed?

CDE index

5284 Proposals received in 6 years

CDE index

858 Proposals funded in 6 years

CDE index

£51M Invested in innovation over 6 years

CDE index

17% Of proposals funded

CDE index

44% Proposals funded with SMEs

What next for CDE?

Opportunities

Social capital

Funding

Innovation Network events

Advice

Opportunity

Networking

18 November 2014, London featuring

‘affordable space-based capability’

Innovation Network events

A successful proposal

Clear

Concise

Evidence based

Centre Defence Enterprise

for