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The Defence and Security Accelerator is running a Market Exploration to understand more about Uncrewed Systems (UxS) capable of operating at extended ranges.
1. Summary On behalf of the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD), DASA is running…
This Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) competition, being run on behalf of the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl), seeks proposals that address challenges within the field of Microbial Forensics.
1. Introduction This Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) competition…
How to get in touch with DASA for advice and guidance
Guidance on Defence and Security Accelerator terms and conditions for funding, contracts and intellectual property rights.
The Open Call is looking for innovative ideas to improve the defence and security of the UK. Your idea could be a concept, product or service, at various levels of maturity.
This Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) competition is to accelerate the adoption of PYRAMID Reference Architecture (PRA) in avionics and mission systems.
How to submit a proposal to the Defence and Security Accelerator
This guidance explains our competition process and how your proposal is assessed.
DASA, in conjunction with AWE, is seeking innovative ideas to further enhance UK-sovereign, resilient, demonstrable capabilities for the space and air domains.
Loans of up to £1 million with a below market interest rate of 7.4% per annum to help convert your mature defence innovation into a strong business proposition for defence procurement.
The UK accelerator has been chosen as one of the 13 affiliated accelerator sites participating in NATO DIANA’s 2025 accelerator programme.
The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) supported by Innovate UK has launched a new opportunity to apply for grant funding.
This guidance sets out the process for determining whether governance approval and ethics review is required for research undertaken, funded or sponsored by MOD.
The Early Market Engagement pilot scheme will run collaborative workshops for Defence to work with industry and academia.
This DASA competition is seeking proposals that can make a real-world difference, fast and at scale.
Details of the Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) past Innovation Focus Areas (IFAs)
Guidance to consider when submitting a proposal
This competition seeks proposals to help quantify and reduce the cyber risk across Defence, enhance digital resilience and enable Defence to be secure by default.
The DfT are seeking innovations to develop roadside evidential drug testing capability to enable effective enforcement of drug driving offending.
Project CHARYBDIS is a Market Exploration focused on uncrewed anti-submarine warfare technologies.
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