DASA funding for remote monitoring of sensitive sites
£1.5 million competition seeks innovations to remotely monitor legacy nuclear sites
The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) has launched Phase 2 of the Remote Monitoring of Sensitive Sites competition, run on behalf of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority.
The competition seeks innovative capabilities that can augment traditional high security systems used to protect high security areas.
This themed competition aims to develop technologies that can form the basis of an Autonomous Security Alarm and Interdiction Network (ASAIN).
The ASAIN concept aims to minimise human error when monitoring secure areas and can autonomously monitor, track and detect security breaches. This keeps human operators out of harm’s way while giving them the information they need to inform their response.
The ASAIN should be:
- easy to deploy and operate
- able to be integrated with other digital technologies
- highly autonomous
- built with an override functionality to allow an operator to control all system assets safely and at will
If you’re interested in joining this competition, it’s important to familiarise yourself with Phase 1 and previous activities.
Collaboration is encouraged for this competition. To support this, DASA has a short survey to collect details of those who wish to explore collaboration possibilities. If you are interested in a collaboration, complete the match-making survey.
DASA expects to fund between three and five proposals with a maximum value of £500,000 per proposal.
The competition closes at midday on 5 March 2024.
Find out more about the Remote Monitoring of Sensitive Sites phase 2 competition.
First published 14 February 2024