Summary
The Open Call is one of the funding competition mechanisms DASA uses to find proposals that address challenges faced by government stakeholders. It gives bidders the opportunity to present their ideas to defence and security stakeholders at any time, without waiting for a relevant Themed Competition.
The Open Call is looking for innovative ideas to improve the defence and/or security of the UK. Your idea could be a concept, technology or service.
Whilst the Open Call welcomes a wide range of innovative ideas to solve problems faced by our defence and security customers, DASA is keen to share insight on specific topics of interest.
This specific topic of interest is “Integrate information and physical activity across all domains”.
Eligibility
DASA submissions are welcome from the private sector, academia, individuals (i.e. sole traders) and public sector research establishments.
Two categories:
Scope
Our Armed Forces have a requirement to be better integrated: with each other, with other government departments and with new and existing international allies and partners. Integration will enable units to work together harmoniously to deliver winning impact across several domains: sea, land, air, space, and cyber.
Communication capabilities underpin all aspects of modern military operations as they allow multiple operators to coordinate in order to maximise their combined effectiveness. Ultimately, all communications are vulnerable to adversary disruption which introduces significant operational risk.
DASA are seeking proposals which provide field communication capabilities that are resistant to attack but continue to perform if degraded and are secure. They seek novel ideas that could be used by the Armed Forces to do one, or several, of the below:
All proposals should be created with the aim of increasing DASA’s ability to orchestrate activity, provide protection to military personnel and their equipment and in doing so, deter hostile action by our adversaries.
Technology readiness levels:
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