Transparency data
CDE funded contracts: 1 April 2013 to 31 March 2014
Updated 2 November 2016
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CDE funded contracts are listed below under each competition title. Successful organisations are listed, alongside the organisation type and CDE reference number. Beneath this you can see the project titles and contract funding amount.
Enduring competition
| Month | Organisation and type | CDE reference and project title | Contract value |
|---|---|---|---|
| February | University of Sheffield (academia) | CDE35398: Wideband direction of arrival estimation based on the co-prime concept | £94,777.00 |
| December/January | Xeracarb (SME) | CDE34638: Large calibre threat protection using lightweight cerramics & novel design | £52,490.00 |
| QinetiQ (large) | CDE34442: Modulated laser ocean turbelence sensor & precision rangefinder | £54,715.45 | |
| HiETA Technologies Ltd (SME) | CDE34691: Reduction in helicopter IR signatures | £62,551.93 | |
| University College London (academia) | CDE34552: Evaluation of the anthrax potential of a capsile depolymerase from the soil bacteria Pusillimonas noertemanii | £59,832.51 | |
| November | BAE Systems (large) | CDE34446: Assessment of laser alignment for underwater optical communications | £63,162.61 |
| October | Thales UK (large) | CDE33617: Video assisted ISAR | £57,025.00 |
| QinetiQ (large) | CDE33648: Track before detect with resistance to random point clutter | £68,652.02 | |
| September | Meon Technology Ltd (SME) | CDE33811: Chaff improvement programme | £79,178.00 |
| August | VECTis LLP (SME) | CDE31783: Illuminating luminescence (Illumi) | £42,803.16 |
| Swansea University (academia) | CDE33424: Next generation single element conformal pattern reconfigurable antennas for mobile infantry communications | £58,120.00 | |
| July | BAE Systems (large) | CDE32947: Impact attenuating body armour lines | £161,600.50 |
| June | Rolls-Royce (large) | CDE31567: Increased fuel thermal capacity by catalytic stabilisation | £132,564.00 |
| Ancon Technologies Ltd (SME) | CDE32979: Ultra sensitive detection of explosives with nanoparticle molecular tagging | £62,973.90 | |
| May | University of Southampton (academia) | CDE28875: Self-powered autonomous surface & underwater vehicles for persistent observation | £88,376.30 |
| 2d3 Ltd Advanced Imaging Group (large) | CDE32502: Improving Intelligience libraries for streaming data | £53,174.13 | |
| April | Cosworth (SME) | CDE27887: High power short duration HPSD gas generator electrical energy sysytem | £126,000.00 |
| Bubblephone Ltd (SME) | CDE30961: An R&D led proof of concept for a novel battlefield data routing overlay network | £98,400.00 | |
| Deep Vision (SME) | CDE31552: Automatic hit counting & performance metrics for small arms training | £46,573.38 | |
| Imperial College London (academia) | CDE31737: Efficient wideband spectrum surveillance for situational awareness: SWAPC reduction via a compressed sensing implementation | £93,010.88 |
Protecting military platforms
| Organisation and type | CDE reference and project title | Contract value |
|---|---|---|
| Frontier Ballistic Ventures (SME) | CDE34735: Heavy calibre bullet protection | £56,612.60 |
| Advanced Defence Materials Ltd (SME) | CDE34874: Lightweight affordable armour for ship & other naval craft | £74,499.75 |
| Plasan Sasa Ltd (SME) | CDE35392: Ballistic & spall protection of maritime platforms protecting military platforms | £88,242.00 |
| Morgan Advanced Materials - Composites and Defence Systems (SME) | CDE35341: Application of land domain armour systems to the maritime domain with added passive fire protection | £76,650.00 |
| Plextek Ltd (SME) | CDE35294: Armour technology in-field & non-contact detection of armour damage | £79,402.00 |
| QinetiQ (large) | CDE35333: Low-cost scored transparent amour for improved multi-hit capability | £49,620.84 |
| HiETA Technologies Ltd (SME) | CDE35407: Development of consolidated biometric armour concept by multi-material addictive manufacture | £72,500.00 |
| BAE Systems (large) | CDE35002: MUDPAC | £78,298.40 |
| Stuart Cowling Ltd (SME) | CDE34913: Passive/dynamic counteraction of vehicle global acceleration due to mine blast | £88,047.20 |
| Strathcyde University (academia) | CDE35357: A computational framework for underwater shock response of marine structures | £27,250.00 |
| Frazer-Nash Consultancy (large) | CDE35245: Novel interchangeable tessellating armour system (ITAS) | £67,254.43 |
Integrated computational materials science and engineering
| Organisation and type | CDE reference and project title | Contract value |
|---|---|---|
| Queen Mary University of London (academia) | CDE34762: High strain rate fracture for ceramic armours | £62,926.00 |
| HIETA Technologies Ltd (SME) | CDE35168: Modelling simulation & validation through testing of multii-density & hierarchal lattice structures designed for lightweight danmage tolerant structures achievable thriough additive manufacturing | £71,000.00 |
| Strathcyde University (academia) | CDE35174: Multi-scale modeling of stess corosion cracking by using peridynamics | £27,255.00 |
| ARTIS (SME) | CDE35157: Condition monitoring & lifetime prediction for rubber components | £73,886.74 |
| Malvern Optical Ltd (SME) | CDE35213: Solar glint modelling of materials in a simulated environment for real-time signature assessment | £66,097.50 |
| CDE34943: Design tools for novel graded refractive index structures for electro-optic signature control | £37,275.00 | |
| National Physical Laboratory (large) | CDE34833: Integrated modelling of composite damage in harsh thermal environments | £79,728.00 |
| Atlas ElektroniK UK Ltd (SME) | CDE34799: Modelling approaches for adepth-insensitive broadband acoustic absorber material | £63,515.26 |
| University of Surrey (academia | CDE35224: Development of enabling technology to model crosslinked poymers | £57,756.00 |
| University of Southampton (academia) | CDE34753: Synthesis of nanoparticles & formation of coating in DC plasma reactors computational modelling | £35,762.00 |
| CDE35191: Towards big-data driven design of high strain-rate materials | £63,467.60 |
Cyber defence: host-based detection of cyber insider threats
| Organisation and type | CDE reference and project title | Contract value |
|---|---|---|
| Cubica Technology (SME) | CDE35129: Behaviour analysis & early-stage insider threat detection via deep learning of multiple host observables | £44,125.00 |
| Frazer-Nash Consultancy (large) | CDE34785: Securing against the insider threat | £59,154.58 |
| Noumena research Ventures (SME) | CDE34891: Oblivious monitoring games to catch malicious insiders | £99,622.50 |
| RipJar Ltd (SME) | CDE34922: Realtime behaviour anomaly detection detection exploiting both metadata & unstructured content | £136,125.00 |
| Lancaster University (academia) | CDE34927: Automating the extraction & evaluation of interpersonal behaviours that identify legitimate insiders | £41,510.35 |
| Durham University (academia) | CDE34938: Identifying anolamous human behaviour inheterogenous systems using beneficial intelligent software (Ben-ware) | £134,818.41 |
| ThinkingSafe Ltd (SME) | CDE34941: Host-based insider threat detection-automated threat detection using novel behavioural threat indicators | £93,000.00 |
| University of Oxford (academia) | CDE34988: METAVIS bio & man-made environmental visual metaphors for insider threat detection in digital systems | £98,263.16 |
| Project4 technologies Ltd (SME) | CDE35128: Cyber defence | £110,775.00 |
| Insighlytics Ltd (SME) | CDE35140: Anomaly detection inside a reasoning system | £67,875.00 |
| University of South Wales (academia) | CDE35047: A NICHE approach to host based insider threat detection | £92,500.00 |
UK Biological Engagement Programme: strengthening biological security
| Organisation and type | CDE reference and project title | Contract value |
|---|---|---|
| LSHTM (acadmia) | CDE34507: Improving capacity for safe & secure detection of select febrile diseases in Afghanistan | £94,684.08 |
| Innoventors Ltd (SME) | CDE34507: Developing enhanced strategic & management capabilities of the leadership of recipient institutions engaged with the UKBEP - a pilot stydy of gap analysis & test of the contents | £92,607.00 |
Novel solutions for emulating ship signatures
| Organisation and type | CDE reference and project title | Contract value |
|---|---|---|
| Ultra Electronics Sonar Systems (SME) | CDE34134: A bubble driven acoustic source | £52,733.74 |
| Thales UK (large) | CDE34318: Control of closed loop sweep core material propoerties to enhance magnetic field emulation | £31,611.25 |
| Magnifye (SME) | CDE34340: Superconductors for emulating ship signatures (Succss) | £45,924.00 |
| Atlas ElektroniK UK (large) | CDE34346: A Distributed Inflatable Magnetic Source | £74,347.04 |
| CDE34347: Bio-Inspired Stridulating Compact Acoustic Source | £62,201.30 | |
| CDE34351: Superconducting Magnetic Sources | £47,345.39 | |
| CDE34363: Controllable Pulse-Power as a Compact Ultra-Wideband Acoustic Source for Advanced Mine Sweeping | £31,010.96 |
The medic of the future
| Organisation and type | CDE reference and project title | Contract value |
|---|---|---|
| Frazer-Nash Consultancy (large) | CDE33558: Military patient transport MedicMat - medic platform for the future | £64,907.30 |
| Inova Design Ltd (lSME) | CDE33688: Identifying novel systems that will help those injured in battle (“Support”) non-invasive continuous core temperature monitor | £79,734.76 |
| Trauma Simulation Ltd (SME) | CDE33698: Trauma simulation of massive lower limb/pelvic injury | £78,831.32 |
| Sheffield Hallam University (academia) | CDE33859: Simulated Environments | £58,375.60 |
| Plextek Ltd (SME) | CDE34240: Immersive simulation of pre-hospital emergency care on the battlefield | £74,925.00 |
Innovation in drug development processes
| Organisation and type | CDE reference and project title | Contract value |
|---|---|---|
| Moleculomics Ltd (SME) | CDE33517: A multi-genome in silico platform for identification & screening of antimicrobial targets | £53,500.70 |
| University of Exeter (academia) | CDE33557: High throughput identification of protein variants for efficient structure-based drug design | £67,536.57 |
| Platform kinetics Ltd (SME) | CDE33616: A microfluidic enrichment platform for identifying braod-spectrum inhibitiors & permeabilisation molecules from a chemically diverse library using real-time bioinformatics measurements on lipid | £79,302.00 |
| CYP Design Ltd (SME) | CDE34072: Proof-of-concept validation of an automated platform for lead optimisation of safe effective broad-spectrum antibacterial compounds | £78,450.00 |
| Durham University (academia) | CDE34091: Membrane reactive small molecules | £79,989.44 |
Secure communications
| Organisation and type | CDE reference and project title | Contract value |
|---|---|---|
| Mobbu Ltd (SME) | CDE33366: Human usable security for smartphones& tablets using wearable computing devices | £72,063.00 |
| Roke Manor Research Ltd (large) | CDE33479: Novel material use to enable secure on-body wireless communications | £52,744.06 |
| CDE33701: Adding anti-jam capabilities to cellular phones | £69,828.48 | |
| CDE33727: Minimising the network impact of video analytics without impactingthe intelligence it provides | £84,812.79 | |
| Voicekey Ltd (SME) | CDE33485: Proof-of-concept system using factor on-device identity management for secure remote IT system access from BOYD & COTS mobile enterpise devices | £49,830.00 |
| Noumena research Ventures (SME) | CDE33722: Securing COTS DRM for military coalitions | £64,400.00 |
| Metrarc Ltd (SME) | CDE33782: Insure icmetrics based security fot COTS equiment | £71,599.12 |
| ThinkingSafe Ltd (SME) | CDE33819: Secure computing at the front line- light-weight low energy secure storage vaults with proactive replication of encryted intelligience maps overlays & sensor data for IM/IX applications | £55,860.00 |
| Thales UK Ltd (large) | CDE33831: Mobile high grade secure voice (and data) over LTE | £58,800.00 |
| The Technology partnership PLC (SME) | CDE33846: “plug & play” smart skin to enable secure & controlled communication between COTS communication equipment & existing secure infrastructure | £92,874.00 |
| Plextek Ltd (SME) | CDE33893: Trusted execution environments spanning mobile & untrusted cloud servers | £71,925.00 |
| University of S t Andrews (academia) | CDE33900: Security by design & construction - using advanced type theory to enforce safe & correct communication protocols | £46,302.00 |
Countering insider threat attacks
| Organisation and type | CDE reference and project title | Contract value |
|---|---|---|
| Arquebus Solutions Ltd (SME) | CDE33244: Rapid generation of Avatars & virtual operatingenvironments to support a semi-immersive mobile learning experience focussed on cultural awareness& behavioural, threat & risk identification | £80,050.00 |
| University of Massachusetts Center for Terrorism & security Studies (academia) | CDE33246: A quantitative analysis of the role of battlefield casualties as a motivator & predictor of insider attacks in Afghanistan. | £39,845.00 |
| Frazer-Nash Consultancy (large) | CDE33323: Learning detection, diffusion & dissuasion skills from Industry experts to conuter insider threat attacks in afghanistan & beyond | £39,881.33 |
Precision timing and navigation
| Organisation and type | CDE reference and project title | Contract value |
|---|---|---|
| National Physical Laboratory (large) | CDE32885: Ion microchipsfor atomic quantum technologies | £139,987.00 |
| CDE32914: Hollow-core-fibre microwave atomic clock alternative to CSAC | £139,898.00 | |
| CDE32939: compact waveguide atom interferometers for ultrasensitive gyroscopes, gravimeters & accelerometers | £138,875.00 | |
| Astrium Services (SME) | CDE32889: High Q high stability diamond based microwave MEMS resonators | £119,903.23 |
| University of Southampton (academia) | CDE32925: Micro magneto optical traps for inertial sensing & timing | £43,710.00 |
| University of Nottingham (academia) | CDE33014: Graphene multilayer-based atom chips: a new platform for developing portable cold-atom/solid-state quantum sensors | £38,141.00 |
| Goodrich SIS (SME) | CDE33024: Dynamic tuning of capacitive gyro CDE33025: High precision MEMS accelerometer with high Q CDE33026: North seeking sensor application |
£299,111.00 |
| University of Leeds (academia) | CDE33029: Robust gyroscopes with quantum-enhanced precision | £65,056.85 |
| Imperial College London (academia) | CDE33040: Atom chip technology for portable navigation & sensing devices | £91,829.77 |
| Heriot-Watt University (academia) | CDE33063: towards silicon micro-ring resonator frequency combs | £105,627.89 |
| University of Birmingham (academia) | CDE33080: Minaturized optical lattice clock for ultraprecise timimg | £126,237.60 |
| Plextek Ltd (SME) | CDE33135: Resilient time & location estimation for networked assets | £81,023.00 |
The challenges of countering terrorist networks
| Organisation and type | CDE reference and project title | Contract value |
|---|---|---|
| Jane technologies Ltd (SME) | CDE31531: Rapid Infrmation Triage for translation priority | £69,000.00 |
| Tumbling Dice (SME) | CDE31604: Global network analysis with real-time streaming functionality & generic applicability | £45,632.00 |
| Hyperspace Corporation Ltd (SME) | CDE32146: Augmentation of analytical workflow | £70,500.00 |
| Roke Manor Research Ltd (large) | CDE32410: Bio-inspired relevance filtering | £79,328.68 |
| BAE Systems (large) | CDE32448: Human Mobility analysis & anomaly detection | £69,282.35 |
| Xuvasi Ltd (SME) | CDE32461: GIST | £43,805.00 |
| Montveix Ltd (SME) | CDE32550: Social media triage & Wikification of News feeds | £50,833.25 |
Smart and multifunctional micro- and nano-scale materials and structures for defence and security
| Organisation and type | CDE reference and project title | Contract value |
|---|---|---|
| University of Exeter (academia) | CDE31809: Smart multifunctional materials lightweight high temperature nanoreinforced structures | £46,675.82 |
| University of Nottingham(academia) | CDE31898: Smart inks for 3D printed tailored dielctric composites (SMART 3D) | £70,477.00 |
| Nottingham Trent University (academia) | CDE31938: Advanced manufacturing of smat & intelligent textiles (SMIT) | £78,285.62 |
| Roke Manor Research Ltd (large) | CDE31961: Investigation into the utility of electromanetic surface waves for structural health & battle damage monitoring | £78,007.65 |
| The Technology Partnership PLC (large) | CDE32032: Smart packaging for passive long-term historical logging of environmental parameters | £70,180.00 |
| National Physical Laboratory (large) | CDE32088: Boron nitride nanocomposites for step change improvements in heat shield & armour material performance | £64,675.00 |
| LMAT (SME) | CDE32108: Smart multifunctional helicopter rotor balde protective coatings | £69,575.00 |
| University of Bath (academia) | CDE32154: Flexible shear stress & pressure sensor matrices for imagin gfluid dynamics on microscopic scales | £61,994.20 |
| University of Birmingham (academia) | CDE32163: Additive layer manufacturing of superelastic-auxetic structures experimental development & numerical modelling | £45,447.00 |
| University of Leeds (academia) | CDE32189: TACCLE tailored active ceramic composites for low mass increased endurance flow architectures | £72,551.70 |
Generic enablers for low Size, Weight, Power and Cost (SWAPC) ISTAR
| Organisation and type | CDE reference and project title | Contract value |
|---|---|---|
| Heriot-Watt University (academia) | CDE31186: Minature conformal lightweight & low cost RF antennas | £97,804.00 |
| Thales UK (large) | CDE31581: Man-portable soldiers lookout aid | £52,559.34 |
| Lancaster University (academia) | CDE31670: AURORA automatd real-time on-board video/data analytics | £79,699.54 |
| Roke Manor Research Ltd (large) | CDE31693: - dramatically reducing the power burden for UAV reconnaissance operations operations on a perch & stare system | £76,454.33 |
| University of Bristol (academia) | CDE31743: AUROR enabling low-power & low-cost sensors with hardware accelerated video super-resloution | £75,333.00 |