£1.3million in funding announced for Telexistence technology

Phase two of the Telexistence technology competition has launched. There is £1.3million in funding for applicants to develop and demonstrate innovative technologies. Applicants don’t have to have been involved in previous DASA competitions to apply.

The Telexistence programme is an initiative between:

  • Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA)
  • Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA)
  • Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL).

The three areas of focus have been set and they must be included in entry proposals:

  • Robotics
  • Haptics
  • Telepresence.

Entrants will be asked to focus on one case theme in which to apply their technology. This includes Specialist Nuclear Decommissioning Tasks, Explosive Ordnance Disposal and Defence and Security Medical applications.

The applicants who make it through to the next stage will have to develop and demonstrate their proposals.

What’s available?

Applicants are able to submit proposals that could be awarded up to £400,000 each. They hope to fund programmes with contract durations no longer than 10 months. The contracts aim to start at the beginning of July 2022 and be completed before the end of April 2023.

Competition activities:

This DASA competition is comprised of 3 activities:

Activity 1: Development of the complete telexistence system

Activity 2: System Test and Evaluation (Event to be held March 2023)

Activity 3: Demonstration (To be held April 2023)

The System Test and Evaluation protocol will be different for each Use Case and the intended capabilities required for that scenario.

Andrew Gray, Innovation Delivery Manager at the NDA, said:

“We’re excited to be working alongside DASA, on the Telexistence phase 2 competition and building on the great results from phase 1.

“Advancing these technologies and our knowledge of what is possible through the Telexistence competition, will help us deliver our decommissioning mission in different ways while ensuring humans are away from harm.

“We’re looking forward to seeing what creative solutions are put forward by the supply chain.”

How to apply:

You can register and apply via the DASA Online Submission Service. Only proposals submitted through the DASA Online Submission Service will be accepted.

Submission deadline: 12:00pm on Wednesday 6th April 2022

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