Launch of CDE themed call for research proposals "Generic Enablers for Low Size, Weight, Power and Cost ISTAR". Call closes Friday 15 March 2013 at 1700 hrs. For more information visit: http://www.science.mod.uk/events/event_detail.aspx?eventid=199

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2. Low Size, Weight, Power and
Cost (SWAPC) ISTAR
Centre for Defence Enterprise
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3. Prove the value of novel, high-risk,
high-potential-benefit research
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4. CDE in numbers...
4011
proposals received
17%
of proposals funded
£35M
invested through CDE
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5. Two routes to funding

6. Defence Open Call-
Seeking the exceptional

7. Support and benefits
Events & Surgeries
Transparency
Benevolent IP arrangements
Speed
Online submission
Marketplace pull-through

8. CDE Marketplace

9. www.science.mod.uk

10. Know what is available

11. Know what is available
Read available
information
Especially
Quick Start
Guide

12. Low Size, Weight, Power and Cost
(SWAPC) ISTAR
• Call webpage:
http://www.science.mod.uk/events/event_detail.aspx?eventID=199
• Call closes at 1700 hrs
• Friday 15 March 2013
...do not leave it until the last minute!
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13. Increasing your chance of success -
high risk, high potential benefit

14. Be disruptive

15. The essentials
Based on a claim of future benefit
Contribution to realisation of future benefit
Logical programme of work
Evidential outcomes
Demonstration of progress towards goal

16. CDE calls and events
http://www.science.mod.uk/events/events_listing.aspx
Non destructive evaluation of munitions Closes 19 Feb 2013 (at 1700)
Strengthening maritime security Closes 25 Feb 2013 (at 1700)
Low size, weight, power and cost ISTAR Closes 15 Mar 2013 (at 1700)
Smart and multifunctional materials and Briefing 21 Feb 2013
structures Closes 12 Apr 2013 (at 1700)
Countering terrorist networks Briefing 19 Mar 2013
Closes 1 May 2013 (at 1700)
Future topics, details to be confirmed:
• Timing and location
• Armour and Protection Science and Technology Centre
• Communications and networks
• Medical
• Come and see us at NDI Conference (Manchester, 5-6 March 2013)
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17. Centre for Defence Enterprise
01235 438445
cde@dstl.gov.uk
www.science.mod.uk/enterprise

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19. ISTAR Concepts and Solutions
Tranche 3: Generic Enablers for Low-SWAPC ISTAR
Dstl Sensors and Countermeasures
dstlsensors@dstl.gov.uk
Acronym buster:
06 February 2013 SWAPC – Size, Weight, Power and Cost
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UNCLASSIFIED ISTAR – Intelligence, Surveillance, Target
Acquisition and Reconnaissance

20. Today’s brief
• ISTAR Concepts and Solutions
– the programme
• Future ISTAR Challenges
– the context
• Requirements for Generic Enablers for Low-SWAPC
ISTAR
– the questions
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21. ISTAR Concepts and Solutions
Tranche 3: Generic Enablers for Low-SWAPC ISTAR
ISTAR Concepts and Solutions (ICS)
Acronym buster:
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22. ISTAR Concepts and Solutions
• Five-year research programme
(started July 2011) funded by DST
Programme Office’s C4ISR Domain
• Role is to develop and validate
credible options for future ISTAR
systems at the Enterprise level
– Demonstrate the future art-of-the
possible in ISTAR
– Provide evidence based advice to key
decision makers
– Bringing coherence to ISTAR research
across all environments
• Supporting capability interventions
post 2017
Acronym buster:
UNCLASSIFIED DST – Defence Science and Technology
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C4ISR – Command, Control, Computers,
Communications, Intelligence,
Surveillance, Reconnaissance.

23. ICS structure
Single Intelligence
Environment
Concept Assessment Exploitation
Development
Interventions Air
System Experimentation
Concepts - Live & synthetic
Quick wins Maritime
Technology
Cost Analysis
Concepts
New options
Land
Information Superiority Hub
Research
Requirements
Enterprise Architecture
Space
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24. Prime
Approach Strand Leads
Defence SIs
• Major Industry collaboration framework
SMEs
• Further CDE calls
– Tranche 1 – Novel Integrated ISTAR Universities
– Tranche 2 – ISTAR Support to Urban Operations Engine Room Collaboration
Consortium
– Tranche 3 – Generic Enablers for Low-SWAPC ISTAR
– Tranche 4 - ...
• Long term experimentation plan (caveat: subject to change)
– Sep/Oct 2013: Innovation – Urban Operations
– Jan/Feb 2014: ISTAR Support to Urban Operations
– Spring 2014: Maritime sensor integration
– Sep-Nov 2014: Innovation – Low SWAPC
– + Integrated tactical ISTAR supported by multi-functional Air
ISTAR
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25. New paradigm for ISTAR research
• Live ISTAR experimentation
• Integrated Technology
Concepts
• Wide engagement with
industry
• First part of Enduring
Framework (2012-2016)
• Integration and exploitation across all application areas
• Stakeholder engagement is key element
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26. ISTAR Concepts and Solutions
Tranche 3: Generic Enablers for Low-SWAPC ISTAR
Future ISTAR Challenges
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27. Global strategic trends
Four pervasive issues
• Climate change
• Globalisation
• Global inequality
• Innovation
Backdrop
• Instability
• Non-state conflict
• Energy efficiency
• Commercial
technology
Link: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/33717/GST4_v9_Feb10.pdf
Acronym buster:
06 February 2013 UNCLASSIFIEDSIFIED DCDC – Defence Concept
Development Centre

28. Future character of conflict
• Global trends indicate increasing instability and growing opportunity for
confrontation and conflict
• The character of conflict will continue to evolve, in many of our future operations we
are likely to face a range of simultaneous threats and adversaries in an anarchic
and extended operating area. Hybrid threats combining conventional, irregular and
high-end asymmetric threats in the same time and space are likely.
Congested Contested Constrained
Battlespace of 2020
Cluttered
Connected
Link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/future-character-of-conflict
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29. ISTAR
Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance
DCPD Direct Collect
Direct,
Collect,
Process,
Disseminate
Disseminate Process
Figure 1: DCPD Cycle
The Intelligence Cycle
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UNCLASSIFIED DCPD – Direct, Collect,
Process, Disseminate

30. ISTAR
In practice:
• Massive complexity
• Multiple, simultaneous,
complex systems
operating
• Multiple, interrelated and
parallel decision cycles
taking place
Need to maximise:
• Depth and breadth of understanding
• Timeliness, accuracy and flexibility of decision making
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31. ISTAR Concepts and Solutions
Tranche 3: Generic Enablers for Low-SWAPC ISTAR
Low Size, Weight, Power and Cost Systems
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32. Drivers Enablers
• Congested battlespace • Miniaturisation
• Collateral entities • Mass production
• Need to validate, certify, • Novel materials
authorise and audit military
• Multifunction capability
decisions
• Innovation in the civil space
• Need to increase proximity and
ubiquity of ISTAR assets
• Need to decrease expense
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33. Result
Strong drive for reduction in:
size, weight, power and cost
of military systems
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34. Platforms that would benefit from low-SWAPC
NASA
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35. Capabilities that would benefit from low-
SWAPC
RF sensors
EO / IR sensors
Communications
Acoustic sensors
Acronym buster:
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UNCLASSIFIED IR – Infra Red
RF – Radio Frequency

36. Themes of this call
• Advanced signal processing
• Receiver technology
• Novel re-use of Commercial-Off-
The-Shelf (COTS) technology
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37. Advanced signal processing
Consider what happens to the output of the equipment when
SWAPC is reduced:
“grain”
artifacts interference
noise
blur instability
aberrations
calibration drift high false alarm rate
“speckle”
low frame rate poor resolution
low P(d)
reduced signal strength poor focus
Acronym buster:
06 February 2013 P(d) – Probability of detection
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38. Antenna / aperture technology
• Innovative solutions to reduce antenna / aperture size
• Soldier wearable?
• Steer away from multiple platform solutions
• Conformal RF antennae for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
(UAVs)
• UAV:
– focus on VHF/UHF on small platforms (less that 1 kg)
– comms antennae not required under this call
Acronym buster:
06 February 2013 VHF – Very High Frequency
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UNCLASSIFIED UHF – Ultra High Frequency

39. Novel re-use of COTS technologies
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40. Re-use?
3 levels of re-use:
1. Component-level re-engineering – re-use of
the components of a COTS system (eg
chipsets, sensors) in a novel configuration.
2. System-level re-engineering – small
modifications to a built COTS system which
require access to the electronics (eg rewiring
or addition of new components) but
essentially keep the system integral
3. External modifications – modifications which
do not require access inside the unit, eg by
installation of an ‘App’ and/or connection of a
peripheral device via a data-port.
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41. What do we want?
Innovative solutions to ISTAR challenges
• At Technology Readiness Level 3 → 5
• Looking for step-changes in capability rather than incremental
developments
• Demonstration at ICS experiment Sep – Nov 2014
– DEFCON 703 applies to experiment data
Guidance
• 12-18 month duration
• Cost: more likely to fund lower-cost (<£80k) proposals
• Partnership between Industry and academia encouraged
What do we not want?
• Market surveys
• Requirements capture
• 3-year PhDs
Acronym buster:
TRL – Technology Readiness
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42. Key dates
• 5 February 2013 – CDE call launch webinar
• 15 March 2013 – Call closes at 1700
• 3 May 2013 – Target for feedback provided and contract
placement initiated
• Sep – Nov 2014 – Demonstration at ICS experiment
• 30 November 2014 – Project closure
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43. How we will assess
MOD Performance Assessment Framework (PAF)
CDE Submission Form
Military Scenario - In what situation might your innovation be
Five criteria: used ?
Military Organisation - Who might use your idea in defence ?
• Operational Relevance Military Capability - What military capabilities are to be
improved ?
• Likelihood of Exploitation Requirements - What functions will your innovation perform ?
Solution - How does your innovation work ?
• Builds Critical S&T Capability to Meet Critical Parameters - What factors are most critical to the
success of your innovation ?
UK Needs Performance Assessment - How will you assess the
performance of your innovation ?
• Scientific Quality / Innovation Intellectual Capital - What IP is associated with your
innovation ?
• Science, Innovation and Technology Stakeholder Management - How will the defence community
benefit from your innovation ?
Risk Contract Scenario - In what business situation might your
innovation be delivered ?
Supply Organisation - Who do you need to work with to
develop/exploit your innovation ?
Supply Capability - What functions do you require from the
supply network ?
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44. Questions?
www.science.mod.uk Events and Calls > Current calls
for proposals > Generic Enablers for Low SWAPC
ISTAR
• Technical queries: dstlsensors@dstl.gov.uk
• Process queries: cde@dstl.gov.uk
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