Capability and Technology Demonstrator Program

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Capability and Technology Demonstrator Program

• Andrew Arnold
• Director CTD Program Office
• August 2007

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CTD Program Objective

• The CTD Program assists in the improvement or
  support of priority Defence capability by
  providing Australian Industry with an opportunity
  to demonstrate their technology, thereby
  informing Defence of the potential performance
  and technical risk associated with its
  implementation.

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CTD Program snapshot

• The CTD program was established in 1997 as a
  result of the Defence Efficiency Review.
• The CTD program is organisationally located
  within DSTO, who manage the Program on behalf of
  Defence.
• The annual budget for the CTD program is 26M.
• 64 projects contracted, 29 completed, 3 failures,
  6 transitioned, 5 in the pipeline
• The CTD program is not a grants program rather
  it is a collaborative activity conducted under
  contract between Defence and industry to deliver
  a demonstration of the capability potential of
  new technology.

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How the CTD Program works

• The CTD Program operates on an annual rounds
  basis. A new round is opened with a public call
  for Initial Proposals.
• If a proposal attracts Defence interest, the
  proposer is invited to produce a Detailed
  Proposal.
• Defence will endorse selected Detailed Proposals
  before seeking Government approval for funding.
• CTDs are then conducted under contract between
  the proposers and Defence.

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The CTD Selection Approval timeline
September Preparation of selected Detailed
Proposals
August Initial Proposals evaluated
November Detailed Proposals are ranked by the CTD
Review Group
Late April New CTD Round advertised with call for
Initial Proposals
February Defence Capability Committee nominates
which proposals will be funded
July Successful proposals receive funding as CTD
Projects
March Minister for Defence reviews the list of
nominated proposals
May Successful proposals announced
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Evaluation Criteria

• Potential to contribute to Defence Capability
  Development - the potential to provide a new or
  enhanced capability to Defence and/or inform the
  capability development process.
• Potential to Transition into Service - the
  presence of an identified need, or pathway into
  service.
• Technology and Innovation - the degree of
  technical innovation and its importance to
  Defence.
• Industry Capability Enhancement - the degree to
  which important Australian Defence industry
  capability will benefit.
• Project Management - the maturity of the
  proposers project management processes,
  including identification and mitigation of risks.

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Program Improvement Initiatives

• Seed Funding for Detailed Project Proposals.
  Initial Proposals which are of interest but which
  need further development may attract Seed Funding
  for the development of Detailed Proposals.
• Project Viability Funding. Project Viability
  Funding is available to help selected companies
  retain staff and maintain infrastructure
  allocated to proposed CTD projects while awaiting
  the application outcome.
• Concept Definition Funding. In additional to the
  annual round call, Defence may accept proposals
  of varying levels of maturity at any time, and
  provide funding towards developing such proposals
  to the level required for the CTD Program.

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How to Improve Your Chances

• Direct the proposal at a capability(ies) speak
  to the CTDPO and Sponsor
• Some technology development
• Aim to demonstrate something at the end
• Projects no more than 3 years long
• Cost is not a strong determinant, but gt20 of the
  program will need a very competitive argument
• Industry structure - substantial Australian
  industry content
• Start early

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Approval and Contracting

• Approval does not mean agreement with all aspects
  of the submission
• A Statement of Work will be negotiated (within
  the broad scope of the Detailed Proposal)
• Intellectual property conditions will be
  negotiated
• Foreground IP
• Background IP
• Third Party IP
• Requested Government materiel may not all be
  available
• No undertakings regarding follow-on work, or a
  second phase CTD
• Payment schedule will be negotiated, expect a
  significant provision against the demonstration

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Approval and Contracting

• Approval does not mean agreement with all aspects
  of the submission
• A Statement of Work will be negotiated (within
  the broad scope of the Detailed Proposal)
• Intellectual property conditions will be
  negotiated
• Foreground IP
• Background IP
• Third Party IP
• Requested Government materiel may not all be
  available
• No undertakings regarding follow-on work, or a
  second phase CTD
• Payment schedule will be negotiated, expect a
  significant provision against the demonstration

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Defence Industry Policy

• A follow-on phase of the CTD program will be
  created to support the transition of successful
  CTD projects into ADF service. The follow-on
  phase will extend selected CTD projects into an
  experimental framework to further develop the
  capability technology into a product while more
  closely examining suitability of the item for use
  by the ADF.
• Tim Bloomfield 02 6265 7462

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Round 9 (FY 05-06)

• Round 9 CTD Land-related Projects (approved May
  2005)
• Flexible Solar Panels (2.13m) Advanced
  flexible solar panels to generate power for ADF
  systems in the field. demonstrate flexible solar
  panels based on Australian Solar Cell technology
  applied to a flexible substrate to provide energy
  in the field. Flexible solar panels hold
  promise for application to clothing, tentage,
  vehicle shelters etc to power cooling,
  communications, and sensors.
• Blast Resistant Protection (1.30m) Lighter
  weight/higher performance blast protection for
  ADF personnel in vehicles. demonstrate a fibre
  reinforced plastic, bullet and blast resistant
  material that could be used in place of steel as
  armour and for protection of vehicle flooring.
  The material should provide greater protection
  for the same installed weight.
• Geospatial Information to the Field (2.30m)
  Timely communication of geospatial information to
  and from special forces in the field.
  demonstrate a system based on commercially
  available technology to allow deployed forces
  access through hand held devices to a wide range
  of geospatial information relevant to their
  mission (eg. Special Forces on a mission in an
  urban area).
• Helicopter Landing Aid (1.72m) Safely landing
  helicopters in dust and poor visibility.
  demonstrate a sensor system that would fuse
  sensor, processing and display technologies to
  provide a landing aid for pilots of helicopters
  operating in limited visibility situations. This
  capability would increase the safety of
  helicopter operations.

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Round 10 (FY 06-07)

• Round 10 CTD Land-related Projects (approved May
  2006)
• Haptically Operated Counter-Explosive Robot to
  demonstrate how a radio-controlled robot working
  on an explosive device is able to provide a
  remote operator with tactile feedback during its
  manipulations of the device. This would increase
  the probability that bombs can be made safe
  without injury to people and damage to property.
• Personnel Location Device to demonstrate a
  position-reporting system for troops and a
  monitoring system that could inject this
  information into the ADF networked reporting
  system. This system could reduce the chances of
  friendly forces engaging each other in battle.
  Completed 15 May 2007
• Removable Armour for Land Vehicles to
  demonstrate removable armour that could applied
  to the outside of lightly armoured vehicles
  without requiring any permanent modifications.
  This would provide increased protection for the
  crews.
• Smart Power Pack to demonstrate smart power
  management and distribution incorporated into the
  soldiers load carrying system. It would
  potentially reduce costs and the load carried by
  soldiers by allowing a diverse range of batteries
  to be replaced with a single power source.
• Demountable Combat Armour to demonstrate a
  portable armoured shelter to better protect
  personnel from small arms fire while manning
  temporary check points and gun positions from
  small arms fire.
• Automated Personnel Tracking to demonstrate how
  smart card and radio-frequency identification
  technologies could be applied to monitoring and
  controlling personnel and assets in constrained
  environments such as amphibious ships and
  headquarters. Demonstration 6 September 2007

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Round 12

• Round 12 of the Program was opened on 28 April
  2007, and closed for submission of Initial
  Proposals on 20 July 2007.
• 40 Land submissions received
• Areas of interest advertised include
• Sensors/weapons applicable to urban operations
• Non-lethal weapons
• Networking of sensors, information and decision
  support systems
• Modelling and simulation to support acquisition,
  operations and planning, or network
  communications training
• Protection and survivability of military
  platforms
• Innovative weapons
• Robotics in the land environment
• Automated asset tracking
• Supersonic aerial targets
• Applications to support operational decision
  making
• Innovations in deployable communications
• Battlefield energy generations and storage
• Combat identification and friendly force tracking
• Counter-mine technologies
• Military platform signature management

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Further information

• CTD Program Office
• [phone] / 6501 / 6503
• ctd_at_defence.gov.au
• www.dsto.defence.gov.au/collaboration