Presentation from 2d3 at the Centre for Defence Enterprise Marketplace held on 5 February 2015. For more info see: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/mod-brings-businesses-together-for-innovative-defence-ideas
1. I M A G E R Y. I N F O R M A T I O N . I N T E L L I G E N C E . UNCLASSIFIED
9 February 20151
Presentation to
CDE Marketplace – 5 Feb 2015
Pete Hughes
General Manager – 2d3 Ltd
2. I M A G E R Y. I N F O R M A T I O N . I N T E L L I G E N C E . UNCLASSIFIED
9 February 20152
2d3 Sensing
US and UK based
US – HQ, Product Development and US product sales/support
UK – Applied Research and UK/RoW product sales/support
40 staff – 5 in UK
Circa $10M annual revenue
2D3 SENSING PRODUCES COTS SOFTWARE FOR THE PROCESSING,
EXPLOITATION AND DISSEMINATION OF STANDARDS BASED MOTION IMAGERY
+ COMPUTER VISION RESEARCH.
3. I M A G E R Y. I N F O R M A T I O N . I N T E L L I G E N C E . UNCLASSIFIED
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Standards-based Processing, Exploitation
and Dissemination of Imagery and
Metadata in a software SDK.
Server-side Software for Archiving,
Retrieval, Processing and Dissemination.
Client-side Software for Full Processing,
Exploitation and Dissemination of Motion
Imagery and Metadata.
STANDARDS BASED, MODULAR, OPEN, PLUG-IN ARCHITECTURE ALLOWS FOR
MAXIMUM INTEROPERABILITY AND EXTENSIBILITY.
Components of the suite can be used independently or together, and
also have interfaces and protocols allowing for 3rd party systems to
connect and communicate with our suite of software. Additionally, the
Tungsten libraries can be used as building blocks for developing
stand-alone motion imagery and metadata processing and exploitation
capabilities.
4. I M A G E R Y. I N F O R M A T I O N . I N T E L L I G E N C E . UNCLASSIFIED
9 February 20155
De-risk areas of future product development
2d3 Sensing invest further
Our Limiting factor – Human Resources
2D3 SENSING APPLIED RESEARCH
5. I M A G E R Y. I N F O R M A T I O N . I N T E L L I G E N C E . UNCLASSIFIED
9 February 20156
Apply existing IP to emerging UK Defence challenges
MOD invest further
Our Limiting Factor – MOD Funding Profile
2D3 SENSING APPLIED RESEARCH
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9 February 20157
Apply existing IP to emerging UK Defence challenges
MOD do not invest further
Our Limiting Factor – Finding an alternative market for the
concept/technology
2D3 SENSING APPLIED RESEARCH
7. I M A G E R Y. I N F O R M A T I O N . I N T E L L I G E N C E . UNCLASSIFIED
9 February 20158
From MOD:
Continue to publicise the work completed under CDE contracts inside and outside
MOD circles
Continue to help suppliers look for development routes through longer term R&D
and the Equipment Programme
From Defence Prime System Integrators:
Please talk to us about our COTS software products
Consider them in your offerings for UK and International business
Revenue from this route allows us to re-invest in more of our own R&D
From Investors:
We need your help to place our technology into wider markets
IN SUMMARY – WHAT 2D3 SENSING WOULD LIKE TO SEE HAPPEN