1. Centre
Defence
Enterprise
for

2. Session scope
CDE opportunities
Effective proposals

3. Military capability
Advantage
Persistent

4. 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

5. The aim of CDE
Technology
Best providers
No barriers

6. Rapid technological change
Defence
Other markets
Utilisation

7. Opportunities
Awareness
Network
Funding

8. Managing innovation
Proof of
concept
Development
Innovation Future capability
CDE MOD + industry

9. CDE operating principles
Key
Applied
Consistent

10. Engaging innovators
SMEs
Academia
Wider industry

11. Funded opportunities
Fair
Accessible
100% funded

12. Sustained incentive
Guarantee
Support
Feedback

13. Minimise participation costs
Online bids
Contracting
Investment

14. Compliance
Regulated
Transparent
Auditable

15. Intellectual property
Defcon705
Benevolent
Rights of use

16. Online bid submission
CDE Portal
Only route
Low overhead

17. Two routes to funding
Enduring
Themed
Not classified

18. Enduring competition
Perpetual
Radical
£3M per year

19. Enduring competition
Challenges
Enduring
9+1 framework

20. Framework
Protection
Lethality
Human performance
Mobility
Lower cost of ownership

21. Framework
Situational awareness
Communication
Data
Power
New capabilities

22. Themed competition
Requirements
Bounded
Specific

23. Themed competitions today
Future sonar
£1.3 M total
Innate response

24. CDE
How has CDE performed?

25. CDE Index
4962
Proposals received in 5½ years

26. CDE Index
812
Proposals funded in 5½ years

27. CDE Index
£48M
Invested in innovation over 5½ years

28. CDE Index
18%
Of proposals funded

29. CDE Index
45%
Proposals funded with SMEs

30. What next for CDE?
Opportunities
Social capital
Funding

31. Innovation Network events
Advice
Opportunity
Networking

32. 29 April 2014
Featuring
‘Defence against airborne threats’
Innovation Network events

33. A successful proposal
Clear
Concise
Evidence based