MAST STC: Competition Process - Dstl
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<strong>MAST</strong> <strong>STC</strong> Launch<br />
<strong>Dstl</strong> Porton Down<br />
Tuesday 28 June 2011
<strong>MAST</strong> <strong>STC</strong> Launch –<br />
Opening Statement<br />
<strong>Dstl</strong> Chief Executive<br />
28 th June 2011
Welcome<br />
• Welcome to <strong>Dstl</strong><br />
– Introduction to <strong>Dstl</strong><br />
• Launch of <strong>MAST</strong> <strong>STC</strong><br />
– A new way of maintaining the UK<br />
Defence materials capability<br />
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UNCLASSIFIED<br />
<strong>Dstl</strong> is part of the<br />
Ministry of Defence
Who we are<br />
• MOD‟s science and technology (S&T) agent<br />
• Trading Fund<br />
• Turnover (2010/11) £572 million<br />
• 3500 staff (including 100 military) > 70% active<br />
scientists, engineers and analysts<br />
• Integral part of the UK government and MOD<br />
• Work with more than 40 government departments and<br />
agencies<br />
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<strong>Dstl</strong> is part of the<br />
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Where we are today<br />
Harwell<br />
Fort Halstead<br />
Porton Down<br />
Alverstoke<br />
Portsdown West<br />
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<strong>Dstl</strong> is part of the<br />
Ministry of Defence
<strong>Dstl</strong>’s purpose<br />
• <strong>Dstl</strong>‟s purpose is to maximise the impact of science and<br />
technology for the defence and security of the UK<br />
• Impact of S&T in defence?<br />
– Saves lives<br />
– Supports Operations<br />
– Reduces Risks<br />
– Future proofs capabilities<br />
• We are part of MOD and accountable to government, the<br />
tax payer and to those UK armed and security forces<br />
personnel whom we support in the field<br />
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<strong>Dstl</strong> is part of the<br />
Ministry of Defence
<strong>Dstl</strong>’s Roles<br />
• Supply sensitive and specialist S&T services for MOD and wider<br />
Government.<br />
• Lead the formulation, design and delivery of a coherent and integrated MOD<br />
S&T programme using industrial, academic and Government resources.<br />
• Manage and exploit knowledge across the wider defence and security<br />
community, and understand S&T risks and opportunities through horizon<br />
scanning.<br />
• Provide and facilitate expert advice, analysis and assurance to aid decisionmaking<br />
and to support MOD and wider Government to be an intelligent<br />
customer.<br />
• Act as a trusted partner across MOD, wider government, the private sector,<br />
academia and allies to support military co-operation, capability delivery,<br />
diplomacy and economic policy.<br />
• Champion and develop S&T skills across MOD, including managing the<br />
career of MOD scientists.<br />
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<strong>Dstl</strong> is part of the<br />
Ministry of Defence
Coherent and integrated Science<br />
and Technology<br />
• <strong>Dstl</strong> directs the formulation, design and delivery of a<br />
coherent and integrated Science and Technology<br />
programme for MOD<br />
• To do this we work with the best in their field – national<br />
and international – in industry (from international prime<br />
contractors to SMEs), academia and government<br />
• Over 60% of the £400 million MOD defence research<br />
budget that is managed by <strong>Dstl</strong> goes out to industry and<br />
academia to deliver<br />
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UNCLASSIFIED<br />
<strong>Dstl</strong> is part of the<br />
Ministry of Defence
<strong>MAST</strong> <strong>STC</strong> launch<br />
• Materials and Structures Technology Science and<br />
Technology Centre<br />
– Collaboration<br />
– Maximising impact<br />
– Innovation<br />
– Maintaining the UK Defence<br />
materials capability<br />
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Ministry of Defence
Agenda<br />
10.00 Introduction and Domestics<br />
10.05 Welcome to <strong>Dstl</strong> and the official opening of the <strong>MAST</strong> <strong>STC</strong><br />
10.15 Agenda (inc. Just a Minute – Aims)<br />
10.20 <strong>MAST</strong> <strong>STC</strong> Overview<br />
10.50 Bidding and Contracting <strong>Process</strong><br />
11.00 Refreshments and Networking<br />
11.30 Package Overview & Opportunities<br />
12.30 Lunch<br />
13.30 Just a Minute<br />
13:50 Package Overview & Opportunities (continued)<br />
14.00 Package 5 Overview – CDE Call<br />
14.10 Open Forum<br />
14.30 Close<br />
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<strong>MAST</strong> <strong>STC</strong> Overview<br />
28 th June 2011
Contents<br />
• Requirements<br />
• <strong>MAST</strong> <strong>STC</strong> – status, aims and<br />
activities<br />
• Structure and packages<br />
• Management and governance<br />
• <strong>STC</strong> launch<br />
• Projects<br />
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<strong>Dstl</strong> is part of the<br />
Ministry of Defence
REQUIREMENTS<br />
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Requirements<br />
• Materials technology is pervasive and impinges<br />
on most platforms / technology needs of MOD<br />
• SDSR flagged up the importance of materials<br />
noting „we should focus investment on<br />
developing capabilities and countering threats<br />
in key areas, such as…. new materials‟<br />
• Recent green paper notes the requirement for<br />
materials research and emphasises the need<br />
for better engagement externally<br />
• Our key IRC partners maintain strong materials<br />
capability which we need to access<br />
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Ministry of Defence
Requirements for materials R&D<br />
• Defence Board priorities:<br />
– Force Protection – Air, Land and Sea<br />
• Categories of research:<br />
– Military Capability: Generation After Next<br />
– Future proofing defence<br />
– Support to critical S&T capability<br />
• Military customer priorities:<br />
– Concept development<br />
– Future Air Capability Studies<br />
– Emerging Technologies – Advanced Materials<br />
– Land Survivability technologies<br />
– Maritime survivability technologies<br />
– ASW assets capability and survivability<br />
• ...and more<br />
• <strong>Dstl</strong> must justify all research programmes against these<br />
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<strong>Dstl</strong> is part of the<br />
Ministry of Defence
Future MOD materials programme<br />
• From 2011, <strong>MAST</strong> is being run as a Science & Technology<br />
Centre (<strong>STC</strong>)<br />
– Similar arrangement to the Armour and Protection <strong>STC</strong><br />
– <strong>Dstl</strong> Programme Office will own and manage the project<br />
• Plan a Science & Technology Community<br />
– Nearly all research contracted to the S&T Community, attracting<br />
new contractors as appropriate<br />
– Openly compete research within the S&T community<br />
– More of this later !<br />
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<strong>Dstl</strong> is part of the<br />
Ministry of Defence
<strong>MAST</strong> <strong>STC</strong><br />
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Ministry of Defence
Funding status<br />
• At the Defence R&D Board (DRDB) in early<br />
March, <strong>Dstl</strong> presented a case for funding an<br />
enduring materials and structures capability<br />
– <strong>MAST</strong> <strong>STC</strong> funded<br />
– LO Materials enhancement funded<br />
– Programme will be managed from Land Domain in<br />
the Programme Office<br />
• Nearly 90% of the total funding and all of the<br />
actual research will be external to <strong>Dstl</strong><br />
Anti-Fouling Trial –<br />
Courtesy of Southampton<br />
University<br />
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<strong>Dstl</strong> is part of the<br />
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<strong>MAST</strong> <strong>STC</strong> activity<br />
• Provide cross-cutting materials research across the MOD programme<br />
• Focus on military materials & structures solutions NOT being fully<br />
developed in civil materials R&D, including:<br />
– Maintenance of low observable materials capability<br />
– Maintaining awareness of emerging and potentially disruptive materials<br />
– Increasing vehicle and soldier survivability<br />
– Improving equipment performance and system throughout life<br />
– Decreasing through life costs/environmental impact eg corrosion, fatigue, repair<br />
• Includes some support to operations work<br />
– Solutions to current in-theatre problems that require a materials approach<br />
– Feed directly into other MOD programmes<br />
• <strong>MAST</strong> <strong>STC</strong> strongly supports collaboration with industry & academia to<br />
help maintain the UK defence materials capability<br />
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<strong>Dstl</strong> is part of the<br />
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<strong>MAST</strong> <strong>STC</strong> will deliver<br />
• Technical<br />
– Improved / exploitable materials solutions to<br />
address MoD‟s research goals<br />
– Ability to advise on all aspects of materials &<br />
structures in military equipment<br />
• responding to urgent & sensitive stakeholder<br />
issues<br />
• technical support for decision making<br />
• de-risking strategic concepts etc<br />
– Solutions to in-theatre problems that require a<br />
materials approach<br />
– De-risk novel ideas for inclusion in applied<br />
research<br />
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<strong>MAST</strong> <strong>STC</strong> will deliver<br />
• Strategic<br />
– A coherent materials and structures research programme with<br />
clear exploitation<br />
– Pull through of emerging/disruptive materials and innovative<br />
ideas<br />
– Gearing for MOD funding is desirable<br />
– Access / alignment with:<br />
• Major research council funded work in academia<br />
• TSB and OGD funded work on materials<br />
• PV funded work in industry<br />
– All IRC activities, eg UK-France, UK-US, TTCP & EDA<br />
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<strong>Dstl</strong> is part of the<br />
Ministry of Defence
STRUCTURE / PACKAGES<br />
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<strong>Dstl</strong> is part of the<br />
Ministry of Defence
MOD Governance Board<br />
Package 1 – Strategic<br />
Direction (<strong>Dstl</strong>)<br />
- Strategic studies<br />
- IRC interactions<br />
- Liaison with EPSRC &<br />
academia<br />
- Liaison with TSB & OGDs<br />
- Liaison with industry<br />
<strong>MAST</strong> Advisory<br />
Group<br />
Core Programme<br />
Package 2: LO and Functional<br />
Materials<br />
Package 3: Structural and<br />
Protection Materials<br />
Package 4: TLCM and Intheatre<br />
Support<br />
- Requirements<br />
- Priorities<br />
- Programme endorsement<br />
S&T Community<br />
Innovation<br />
Programme<br />
Package 5<br />
Expanded<br />
Programme<br />
(Funding for<br />
materials &<br />
structures activities<br />
from other<br />
Domains)<br />
Package 0 – Programme<br />
Management (<strong>Dstl</strong>)<br />
- Project management<br />
- Package Leadership<br />
- Contract management<br />
Technology Exploitation<br />
Board (TEB)<br />
OGD<br />
PTs / EPs Industry PTG / TDPs Applied<br />
programmes<br />
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<strong>Dstl</strong> is part of the<br />
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Management - packages<br />
• Package 0 – Programme Management<br />
• Package 1 – Strategic Direction<br />
• Package 2 – Multifunctional Materials<br />
– Work Package 2.1 – LO Materials<br />
– Work Package 2.2 – Functional materials<br />
• Package 3 – Structural and Protection Materials<br />
– Work Package 3.1 – Metallics and ceramics<br />
– Work Package 3.2 – Polymers & Composites<br />
• Package 4 – TLCM & In-theatre support<br />
• Package 5 – Innovative Programme<br />
• Package 6 – Air Domain Affordable Structures<br />
• Package 7 – LO Materials Capability<br />
• Package 8 – Naval Structures<br />
Bio-Inspired Armour<br />
Concept – Courtesy of<br />
Bristol University<br />
Dyneema Panel after<br />
Ballistic Impact – Courtesy<br />
of Imperial College<br />
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<strong>Dstl</strong> is part of the<br />
Ministry of Defence
MANAGEMENT/GOVERNANCE<br />
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<strong>Dstl</strong> is part of the<br />
Ministry of Defence
<strong>MAST</strong> <strong>STC</strong> management<br />
• Prime objective is to develop and run a coherent programme,<br />
delivering against MOD RGs & the <strong>MAST</strong> <strong>STC</strong> requirements,<br />
whilst maximising gearing from “non-RBB” sources<br />
• The programme is a mixture of technology push and pull<br />
• Not a surge programme for rapid exploitation<br />
– Not something we can switch on and off easily, but we will have<br />
flexibility<br />
• Exploitation of the research will be key to success<br />
– Projects will have exploitation plans drawn up by PLs & partners<br />
– Technology Exploitation Board<br />
• Communication also critical for success, with S&T community,<br />
across <strong>Dstl</strong> and the wider MOD<br />
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<strong>Dstl</strong> is part of the<br />
Ministry of Defence
<strong>MAST</strong> <strong>STC</strong> governance<br />
• Programme is regularly scrutinised and<br />
endorsed by stakeholders<br />
– Ensuring stakeholder needs are being met<br />
– Exploitation paths<br />
– Monitor strategic direction<br />
• Three key mechanisms:<br />
– <strong>MAST</strong> Advisory Group (met 6 th May)<br />
– Technology Exploitation Board (met 6 th May)<br />
– MOD Governance Board (met 16 th June)<br />
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<strong>Dstl</strong> is part of the<br />
Ministry of Defence
<strong>STC</strong> LAUNCH<br />
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<strong>Dstl</strong> is part of the<br />
Ministry of Defence
<strong>MAST</strong> <strong>STC</strong> Symposia –<br />
The UK Defence Materials Forum<br />
• Launch meeting is effectively the first<br />
• Subsequently hold meetings twice a year<br />
– Learn from success of Armour & Protection <strong>STC</strong> meetings<br />
– Open to all members of the <strong>MAST</strong> <strong>STC</strong> S&T Community<br />
• Use meetings to :-<br />
– Communicate<br />
– Inform of opportunities<br />
– Present military needs - what want from materials<br />
– Seek good ideas<br />
– Networking to encourage consortium working<br />
– Encourage collaboration – industry pv, academic alignment, IRC etc<br />
– Encourage exploitation<br />
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<strong>Dstl</strong> is part of the<br />
Ministry of Defence
<strong>MAST</strong> <strong>STC</strong> - S&T Community<br />
• Today invited you all as potential materials research suppliers<br />
across academia, industry and research institutions<br />
• We invite you to apply to become members of our S&T community<br />
• Membership of the S&T community will be open to all with a<br />
recognised materials capability of value to MOD<br />
• Admission to the community will be by completion of a capability<br />
matrix as part of the Qualification Questionnaire<br />
– Details today, email to follow and advert in Defence Contracts Bulletin<br />
• The offered capabilities will be used in decisions on entry to the<br />
extended S&T community<br />
• The capability matrix will also be used to select contractors with best<br />
capability to deliver our programme<br />
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<strong>Dstl</strong> is part of the<br />
Ministry of Defence
PROJECTS<br />
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<strong>Dstl</strong> is part of the<br />
Ministry of Defence
<strong>MAST</strong> <strong>STC</strong> projects<br />
• All targeted at specific MOD requirements<br />
• All must offer measurable targets, such as strength,<br />
weight saving, power density, or another key property or<br />
military target<br />
• Projects let for between 6 months & 3 years to allow<br />
headroom to be generated each year for new projects<br />
• Aiming to maximise gearing:<br />
• Through funding or resources put into the project from industry<br />
• Through academia aligning other research (EPSRC etc)<br />
• Through linkages with OGD work<br />
• Through key IRC linkages (with support from <strong>Dstl</strong> PLs)<br />
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<strong>MAST</strong> <strong>STC</strong> - project status<br />
• Core projects<br />
– Project topics for the available funding in the core programme will<br />
be presented by Package Leaders today<br />
• Innovative call in September<br />
– Conducted through the CDE on 6 th September<br />
– Seek short term ideas, typically up to £50k and up to 6 months‟<br />
duration<br />
– Aim to extract good ideas from the complete supplier base<br />
– These may be pulled through into the core programme in future<br />
– But note a successful project in the innovative call is not<br />
guaranteed to be taken into the core programme<br />
• Case award top-ups<br />
– Across the Work Packages we have funding for a number of Case<br />
award top-ups at £6-10k/year. Applications are requested from<br />
academia.<br />
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Opportunities today<br />
• <strong>Process</strong> for membership of the S&T community<br />
• S&T Community members will be invited to bid for work<br />
in the <strong>MAST</strong> <strong>STC</strong> core programme<br />
• <strong>Dstl</strong> Package Leaders will describe these opportunities in<br />
their package presentations<br />
– Opportunity today to talk to <strong>Dstl</strong> staff about these opportunities<br />
– Please take advantage of networking opportunities today to<br />
consider teaming for these opportunities<br />
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Future opportunities<br />
• <strong>Dstl</strong> will announce future opportunities<br />
at the 6 monthly meetings of the S&T<br />
community, to be launched as the<br />
Defence Materials Forum<br />
• On 6 th September <strong>MAST</strong> <strong>STC</strong> will<br />
launch its annual call for innovative<br />
programmes through the CDE<br />
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<strong>Dstl</strong> is part of the<br />
Ministry of Defence
<strong>MAST</strong> <strong>STC</strong> meeting schedule<br />
• 28 June 2011 – Launch Day (<strong>Dstl</strong> PTN)<br />
• 6 September 2011 – Innovative<br />
Programme launch at CDE<br />
• December 2011 – UK Defence Materials<br />
Forum<br />
• February 2012 – Annual Review<br />
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<strong>Dstl</strong> is part of the<br />
Ministry of Defence
COMMENTS /<br />
QUESTIONS<br />
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<strong>Dstl</strong> is part of the<br />
Ministry of Defence
<strong>MAST</strong> <strong>STC</strong><br />
Registration and competition<br />
process<br />
<strong>MAST</strong> <strong>STC</strong> Launch 28 th June 2011
<strong>MAST</strong> <strong>STC</strong>: registration/competition process<br />
Post-Launch Day 28<br />
June and DCB<br />
advert
<strong>MAST</strong> <strong>STC</strong> DCB advert (extract)<br />
On behalf of the Ministry of Defence, <strong>Dstl</strong> is launching a new Science and<br />
Technology Centre, the <strong>MAST</strong> <strong>STC</strong>, which will manage a research<br />
programme to pursue defined research goals in the field of materials and<br />
structures technology.<br />
MOD places a high priority on investigating novel technologies with a potential<br />
to influence Defence acquisitions. It is intended to attract a wide variety of<br />
suppliers from Industry and Academia. <strong>Dstl</strong> will encourage the formation of<br />
research teams, with multiple capabilities, who can combine to deliver the<br />
research and assist in its exploitation into military equipment:<br />
• Low observable Materials including electromagnetic, acoustic and infra-red<br />
• Multifunctional Materials including morphing and structural power materials<br />
• Structural and Protection Materials<br />
– Metallic and Ceramic, including highly ductile metallics for armour and novel lightweight<br />
ballistic ceramics<br />
– Polymers and Composites, including polymer based armour and lightweight damage<br />
tolerant composites<br />
• TLCM and In-Theatre support<br />
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DCB advert (extract, continued)<br />
• <strong>Dstl</strong> seeks to bring together a wide variety of capabilities and organisations<br />
to ensure that materials and structures issues are addressed<br />
comprehensively. Liaison will be maintained with MOD staff so that the<br />
research is led along defined paths and specific advice can be given on<br />
future development and opportunities for exploitation.<br />
• Those interested in becoming members of the <strong>STC</strong> should apply to the<br />
address below to receive a Qualification Questionnaire, plus copies of the<br />
presentations from the formal launch. Applications may however be made at<br />
any time, as the membership of the <strong>STC</strong> will be kept under review.<br />
• Further information about <strong>MAST</strong> <strong>STC</strong> can be obtained from the following e-<br />
mail address: maststc@dstl.gov.uk<br />
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<strong>Dstl</strong> is part of the<br />
Ministry of Defence
<strong>MAST</strong> <strong>STC</strong>: registration/competition process<br />
Post-Launch Day 28<br />
June and DCB<br />
advert<br />
E-Docs:<br />
presentations,<br />
questions/<br />
answers and<br />
<strong>STC</strong> QQ/matrix<br />
To:<br />
all present; all apologies;<br />
all others on <strong>MAST</strong> <strong>STC</strong><br />
list; all replying to DCB<br />
advert.
<strong>STC</strong> QQ/capability matrix<br />
• One per organisation or each department of a large<br />
organisation; must give POC for each<br />
• Evidence-based to support submission<br />
• Specific to the organisation:<br />
– can be revised;<br />
– retained for future;<br />
– confirming eligibility for <strong>MAST</strong> <strong>STC</strong>;<br />
– and selecting for contract ITTs.<br />
• Will not be used outside <strong>MAST</strong> <strong>STC</strong><br />
• Submit to maststc@dstl.gov.uk<br />
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Post-Launch Day 28<br />
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Competed contracts<br />
Package Projects Duration(months)<br />
Thermal infrared and other EO camouflage technology 24+12<br />
Vibro-Acoustic materials 24+12<br />
2<br />
Fundamental RF materials challenge 12<br />
Self-adaptive technologies 24+12<br />
e-Cam technologies 24+12<br />
Actuation of smart and adaptive structures 24+12<br />
High hardness blast resistant steels 24+12<br />
3<br />
Ceramic composites 24+12<br />
Polymeric armour 12+12<br />
Low cost damage tolerant composites 12+12<br />
Design of structural health monitoring (SHM) systems 20+16<br />
4<br />
Coating options for early condemned helicopter blades 12<br />
Assessment of power beam repair of military vehicles 12<br />
7 Enduring LO capability – EO and RF facility sustainment 12<br />
Total MOD investment: £6095k<br />
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Post-Launch Day 28<br />
June and DCB<br />
advert<br />
E-Docs:<br />
presentations,<br />
questions/<br />
answers and<br />
<strong>STC</strong> QQ/matrix<br />
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all others on <strong>MAST</strong> <strong>STC</strong><br />
list; all replying to DCB<br />
advert.<br />
Return QQ/matrix<br />
within 30 days<br />
<strong>Dstl</strong> registers <strong>STC</strong><br />
members with<br />
PQQ/matrix<br />
1. Eligible for <strong>STC</strong>?<br />
2. Which package(s)?<br />
3. Capability alignment?<br />
<strong>Dstl</strong> selects members<br />
with capability for<br />
research contracts<br />
<strong>Dstl</strong><br />
forwards<br />
ITTs<br />
ITTs processed by<br />
selected organisations<br />
Costed<br />
proposals sent<br />
to <strong>Dstl</strong><br />
<strong>Dstl</strong><br />
assessment<br />
Contracts<br />
awarded
Questions?<br />
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<strong>MAST</strong> <strong>STC</strong><br />
Low Observable Materials<br />
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Strategy<br />
• „Low Observable Materials'<br />
– Stealth, camouflage, signature<br />
– Three distinct spectral ranges of interest<br />
• RF: Radio frequency, microwave<br />
• EO: Infrared, electro-optic, visible<br />
• VIB: Vibro-acoustic<br />
– Includes early adoption opportunities from<br />
emerging technology<br />
• e.g. Metamaterials<br />
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Opportunities<br />
• Open for competition:<br />
– Thermal & EO Camouflage<br />
– Vibro-acoustic materials<br />
– Fundamental RF materials challenge<br />
• Further details as appropriate to be provided in ITT<br />
– Self-adaptive technologies<br />
• Further details as appropriate to be provided in ITT<br />
– e-Cam technologies<br />
• Further details as appropriate to be provided in ITT<br />
– Enduring LO capability – EO and RF facility sustainment<br />
– Collaborative working welcome<br />
• CASE studentship top-ups<br />
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Thermal & EO camouflage<br />
• Military requirement:<br />
– Increased platform survivability<br />
– Tri-service<br />
• Desired outcome:<br />
– Consolidate technology toolbox to inform exploitation<br />
– Mix of technologies across TRLs 1 to 5<br />
• Emphasis on challenging the state of the art<br />
– Progress with balanced TRL perspective<br />
• Focus not just on LO performance<br />
• Unlock barriers to exploitation<br />
• Support communication of higher level impact<br />
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Vibro-acoustic materials<br />
• Military requirement:<br />
– Increased platform survivability<br />
– Emphasis on Maritime<br />
• Desired outcome:<br />
– Damping materials to TRL 4 in 24 months<br />
– Anechoic materials to TRL 2 in 24/36 months<br />
• Focus on current best of breed option<br />
• Further challenge the state of the art<br />
– Low mass low frequency noise barrier concepts<br />
– Balanced TRL perspective (as previous slide)<br />
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Programme requirements<br />
• Independent programmes on EO and VIB requirements<br />
• Programmes solicited based on a 24 + 12 month project<br />
• Yearly contractual break points and flexibility to enable<br />
changes based on progress<br />
• Special requirements<br />
– Able to undertake or contribute to classified work in UK<br />
– ITT at UK Restricted<br />
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Enduring LO capability – EO and RF<br />
facility sustainment<br />
• General requirements<br />
– An enduring partnership between MOD and Industry<br />
– Validated Models and calibrated Physical Test Equipment that<br />
underpin UK Critical Capabilities in EO and RF materials<br />
– Appropriately cleared expert users & site up to S UKEO<br />
– Readily available to support the <strong>MAST</strong> <strong>STC</strong> LO Materials<br />
Research Programme<br />
– It is not a whole platform assessment facility<br />
– Facilities will not be owned by <strong>Dstl</strong><br />
– Not necessarily located in the same place or organisation<br />
– Operated on commercial lines<br />
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CASE studentship top-ups<br />
• One CASE studentship top-up is available<br />
– Ideas solicited in all areas of „low observable materials„<br />
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<strong>MAST</strong> <strong>STC</strong><br />
Multifunctional Materials<br />
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Multifunctional materials strategy<br />
• 'Multifunctional Materials'<br />
– Combining functions eg structural materials with impact sensing<br />
capability.<br />
– Smart materials that react to external conditions eg adaptive<br />
temperature or shape control.<br />
– MUST address key military drivers eg reduced mass, more<br />
affordable, increased survivability, reducing the burden…….<br />
• Open for competition:<br />
– Research programme in the actuation of smart and adaptive<br />
structures<br />
– Collaborative working welcome<br />
• Applications for CASE studentship top-ups solicited<br />
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Smart and adaptive structures<br />
• Requirement to realise the benefits of<br />
adaptive shape control for:<br />
– Increased endurance and<br />
survivability<br />
– Signature control<br />
– Gap closure for signature control<br />
– Ruggedisation of folding structures<br />
– Replacement of pyrotechnics<br />
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Smart and adaptive structures<br />
• Coherent programme required to cover:<br />
– Increasing the maturity of bistable structures to enable in-situ shape<br />
change between two stable states.<br />
– Development of an actuation method to drive shape switching in<br />
bistable materials.<br />
– Development of variable stiffness materials to enable large-area<br />
morphing. Programme specifically not focused purely on largearea<br />
morphing or leading / trailing edge control.<br />
– Development of gap closure technologies to reduce electromagnetic<br />
signature.<br />
• Opportunity to engage with IRC through <strong>Dstl</strong><br />
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Desired outcomes<br />
• TRLs<br />
– Bistable composites at<br />
TRL 4 by 2014<br />
– Variable stiffness materials<br />
at TRL 2-3 by 2014<br />
– Gap closure at TRL 3 by<br />
2014<br />
• Research programmes solicited to achieve above based on a 24 + 12 month<br />
project:<br />
– Technology evaluation and design 0 - 24 months<br />
– Demonstrator fabrication and testing to realise above TRLs 24 - 36 months<br />
• Yearly contractual break points based on progress<br />
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• Areas of interest include (but not limited to):<br />
– Self-healing coatings for corrosion protection or restoring optical<br />
clarity to transparent armour<br />
– Structural materials with intrinsic impact sensing capability<br />
– Intelligent textiles for the dismounted soldier<br />
– Multiferroics for adaptive antennas<br />
– Adaptive shape control for improved aerodynamic or<br />
hydrodynamic efficiency<br />
– Lead-free piezoelectrics for SONAR applications<br />
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<strong>MAST</strong> <strong>STC</strong><br />
Metals & Ceramics<br />
<strong>MAST</strong> <strong>STC</strong> Launch 28 th June 2011
Metals & ceramics strategy<br />
• To develop an exploitable programme of metals & ceramics research<br />
that balances MoD‟s immediate and longer term technology needs<br />
• Focused on air, land & maritime force protection<br />
• Main drivers<br />
– Affordability Survivability Mobility Capability Sustainability<br />
• Open for competition:<br />
– Ultra hard blast resistant steels<br />
– Ballistic ceramic composites<br />
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• Collaborative working welcome<br />
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Ultra hard blast resistant steels<br />
• Aims<br />
– Develop of weldable steels with high ballistic and current blast performance<br />
• Military relevance<br />
– Land and maritime platforms<br />
• Timescale<br />
– 24 months + 12 months<br />
• Requirements<br />
– Alloy modelling TRL 2 4<br />
– 6000kg alloy manufacturing trials TRL 4 5<br />
– Industrial production route study TRL 5 6<br />
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Ballistic ceramic composites<br />
• Aims<br />
– Develop ceramic composite armour with 20% better ballistic performance<br />
• Military relevance<br />
– Air, land and maritime platforms<br />
• Timescale<br />
– 24 months + 12 months<br />
• Requirements<br />
– Alumina ceramic composites TRL 2 3<br />
– Silicon carbide ceramic composites TRL 2 3<br />
– Ultra-hard ceramic composites TRL 1 2<br />
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CASE studentship top-ups<br />
• Areas of interest include (but not limited to):<br />
– Ceramic / metal joining<br />
– Functional graded metals & cermets<br />
– Friction welding of Ti alloys and steel<br />
– Materials for nuclear power<br />
– Materials modelling<br />
– Silicon stabilised boron carbide<br />
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<strong>MAST</strong> <strong>STC</strong><br />
Structural and Protection<br />
Materials: Polymers and<br />
Composites<br />
<strong>MAST</strong> <strong>STC</strong> Launch 28th June 2011
Polymers and composites strategy<br />
• For military platforms and equipment,<br />
through application of polymer composite<br />
structural materials, enhance:<br />
– survivability<br />
– mobility<br />
– deployability<br />
– performance<br />
– combat effectiveness<br />
– and reduce platform costs/weight and<br />
maintenance/logistics burden<br />
• Open for competition:<br />
– Improved lightweight materials for protection<br />
– Improved low-cost, damage tolerant materials<br />
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Polymers and composites strategy<br />
• Seeking strong gearing through<br />
complementary ongoing research<br />
programmes and / or PV support<br />
• Linkages may be made available (by<br />
agreement) to other relevant MOD /<br />
EPSRC programmes and access to IRC<br />
through <strong>Dstl</strong><br />
• Clear exploitation routes<br />
• Progression through Technology Readiness<br />
Levels during life of the project<br />
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Polymeric armour<br />
• Aims<br />
– Develop a fundamental understanding of the behaviour of novel<br />
polymer fibre and composite responses at high rates of loading<br />
– Explore improving toughness of more conventional composites and<br />
(graded) material combinations<br />
– Feed high-rate polymer fibre developments into soft armour<br />
enhancement<br />
– Use the understanding developed to allow design of more efficient<br />
lightweight structural armour for improved survivability for vehicles<br />
and personnel<br />
– Developments will initially feed into other armour research projects<br />
– Target: improvements in spall liner and other armour performance<br />
with reduction in bulk and no weight or cost increase (preferably<br />
reduced)<br />
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Polymeric armour<br />
• Requirements<br />
– Experimental study of materials & combinations TRL 2 4<br />
– Modelling to clarify & optimise behaviour TRL 2 4<br />
– Select and exploit promising concepts TRL 3 5<br />
• Timescales<br />
– 24 months programme<br />
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Low-cost damage tolerant composites<br />
• Aims<br />
– Explore and mature concepts for improving damage tolerance of low<br />
cost, lightweight composite structures<br />
– Enhanced materials for improved survivability, performance,<br />
manufacturability and costs<br />
– Underpinning research for and exploitation through the affordable air<br />
structures research programme<br />
– Generation of materials options and mechanical properties data for<br />
trade studies<br />
– Potential application for robust, lightweight land & maritime structures<br />
– Target: significant increase in the impact performance over existing<br />
structural composites with reduced component costs<br />
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Low-cost damage tolerant composites<br />
• Requirements<br />
– Develop and produce materials TRL 2 4<br />
– Generation of trade studies data TRL 2 4<br />
– Model impact and residual properties TRL 2 3<br />
– Optimise material, produce demonstrator TRL 2 4<br />
• Timescales<br />
– 24 months programme<br />
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CASE studentship top-ups<br />
• Areas of interest include (but not limited to):<br />
– Cost reduction in composites manufacture and through life<br />
• Explore cost estimation tools and fabrication modelling<br />
– High temperature polymers for composites<br />
• Matrices for high temperatures (e.g. near engine applications)<br />
– Adhesives for protection applications<br />
• High rate behaviour of adhesive joints<br />
• Disbond on demand<br />
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<strong>MAST</strong> <strong>STC</strong><br />
TLCM and in-theatre support<br />
<strong>MAST</strong> <strong>STC</strong> Launch 28 th June 2011
TLCM and in-theatre support strategy<br />
• Focused on tri-service “platform” issues<br />
– Innovative structural design methodologies<br />
– Blast response<br />
– Through-life Capability Management (TLCM)<br />
– Support to Operations<br />
• Linked to Equipment Programmes & Defence R&D<br />
Board<br />
• Open for competition:<br />
– Research programme to support one element of TLCM<br />
– In-theatre support – assessment studies<br />
• Collaborative working welcome<br />
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Through-life Capability Management<br />
• “Structures” focused R&D<br />
required to:<br />
– Extend life of platforms<br />
– Increase availability<br />
– Comply with emerging<br />
environmental legislation<br />
– Improve reliability<br />
– Account for change of use<br />
– Support on-condition based<br />
maintenance<br />
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Design of structural health monitoring<br />
(SHM) systems<br />
• Programme of research required to:<br />
– Identify COTS or developmental design software<br />
for the design and certification of SHM systems<br />
– Design/validate optimal SHM systems taking<br />
cognisance of a large range of COTS sensors<br />
available to the MOD<br />
– Account for sensor degradation/failure<br />
– Integrate to ongoing MOD supported R&D in:<br />
• Risk based design and lifing methods<br />
• Non-chromate corrosion protection<br />
• Opportunity to engage with IRC through<br />
<strong>Dstl</strong><br />
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Desired outcome<br />
• Demonstrate how a SHM system can<br />
fully integrate with risk based lifing and<br />
on-condition based coatings activities<br />
– Components of SHM system to achieve<br />
TRL 4<br />
• Programme to be delivered over a 20<br />
plus 16 month project<br />
– 0 to 20 months assessment of SHM<br />
design software<br />
– 20 to 36 months technology<br />
demonstration<br />
• Break points at 12 and 20 months<br />
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In-theatre support<br />
• Short assessment studies (< 1yr) to provide advice<br />
on:<br />
– Blade erosion coatings for in-theatre helicopters<br />
• COTS coatings<br />
• Take note of helicopter mode of operation<br />
– Power beam welding repairs of AFVs<br />
• Tasks TRLs<br />
• Blast performance a key requirement<br />
• Integration with robotic arms<br />
• Quantify pros/cons against friction stir welding and<br />
MIG welding<br />
– Blade erosion 4 5<br />
– Power beam welding 3 4<br />
• Collaborative working welcome<br />
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Desired outcomes<br />
• Blade erosion<br />
– Quantification of blade erosion mechanisms<br />
– Review of COTS coatings and suitability for<br />
blade protection<br />
– Recommendations on coatings by helicopter<br />
type<br />
• Power beam welding<br />
– Advise on suitability of power beam welding for<br />
AFV repair<br />
– High rate property assessment of weld<br />
• Indication of blast performance<br />
– Corrosion potential<br />
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CASE studentship top-ups<br />
• Areas of interest include (but not limited to):<br />
– Assessment of fatigue crack arresting steels for naval<br />
ships<br />
– Novel corrosion protection technologies with minimal<br />
surface treatments<br />
– Adaptive tooling for low cost composite structures<br />
– Rapid certification/classification of structural materials<br />
– Additive layer repair<br />
– Prognostic technologies<br />
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Open Forum<br />
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Ref: DSTL/TR56686<br />
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