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Area: Newcastle upon Tyne, Sunderland, County Durham, Gateshead, South Tyneside, North Tyneside, Northumberland
Categories: Finance & funding, Grant
Page last updated: 01 September 2025
DASA Phase 2 (Cycle 6) of the fast paced Themed Competition 'Innovation in Support of Operations' is now open for submissions.
Run on behalf of the Ministry of Defence, this competition aims to identify and accelerate innovative solutions and techniques, ensuring they can be scaled and deployed faster than our adversaries.
There are five Challenge Areas:
- UAS Propulsion
- Repair or Recondition of 155mm Artillery Barrels
- Maritime Autonomous Navigation
- Seekers
- UAS defeat
The UK Government is continually assessing lessons from world events. From these lessons, we seek to rapidly adopt solutions that enhance our military and economic advantage. This competition is designed to identify nearly-ready solutions and techniques that can be accelerated into scalable and deliverable effect faster than our adversaries.
Do you have a suitable innovation? Read the full Competition Document and submit a proposal.
Closing date for Cycle 6 is 14 October 2025 at midday (BST)