This Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) competition is seeking innovative proposals to develop and improve explosives and weapons detection capability.
The Innovative Research Call (IRC) 2020 for Explosives and Weapons Detection is funded and supported by the Home Office, Department for Transport (DfT), Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure (CPNI), Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl), the Metropolitan Police Service and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate. This will be the fifth run of the IRC, with successful calls occurring in 2007, 2010, 2013 and 2016.
A total of £2.8 million will be split across two phases, with up to £1 million available in Phase 1 and up to £1.8 million available in Phase 2.
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Source: GOV.UK