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HMGCC Co-Creation Challenge: Detecting Hostile RF Emitters in a Battlefield

HMGCC Co-Creation Challenge is a competition offering up to £60,000 to sole innovators, industry, and academic and research organisations across the United Kingdom to detect hostile radio signals on the battlefield. Open, closes 23 November 2026.

Run by HMGCC, HMGCC Co-Creation

Checked against the official page (co-creation.hmgcc.gov.uk) on 3 Nov 2026.

A 12-week funded challenge seeking technology to detect and classify hostile radio frequency emitters in crowded electromagnetic environments, delivering a prototype software capability to at least TRL 4. Open to sole innovators, industry and academic and research organisations.

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Status and deadline

Status

Open

Confirmed on the official page

Deadline

Closes 23 November 2026 (20 days)

As stated: Phase 1 competition closes: Monday 23 November 2026

Confirmed on the official page

How much

Up to £60,000

Confirmed on the official page

Who can apply

Open to sole innovators, industry, academic and research organisations of all types and sizes. Solution providers or direct collaboration from countries under UK trade sanctions or arms embargoes are not eligible.

Confirmed on the official page

Business size

Any size

Not confirmed on the official page

Sectors

digital, electronics, industrial maths, photonics, robotics & ai, security & defence, sensors

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How to apply

Submit a one-page proposal in the Phase 1 competition via the HMGCC Co-Creation challenge page, with successful applicants then submitting a Phase 2 proposal.

Not confirmed on the official page

Where it is open: UK-wide

United Kingdom

Not confirmed on the official page

HartlepoolMiddlesbroughRedcar and ClevelandStockton-on-TeesDarlingtonHaltonWarringtonBlackburn with DarwenBlackpoolKingston upon Hull, City ofEast Riding of YorkshireNorth East LincolnshireNorth LincolnshireYorkCounty DurhamCheshire EastCheshire West and ChesterNorthumberlandCumberlandWestmorland and FurnessNorth YorkshireBurnleyChorleyFyldeHyndburnLancasterPendlePrestonRibble ValleyRossendaleSouth RibbleWest LancashireWyreBoltonBuryManchesterOldhamRochdaleSalfordStockportTamesideTraffordWiganKnowsleyLiverpoolSt. HelensSeftonWirralDoncasterRotherhamNewcastle upon TyneNorth TynesideSouth TynesideSunderlandBradfordCalderdaleKirkleesLeedsWakefieldGatesheadBarnsleySheffield

Open across United Kingdom, so every council area in the North of England is shaded.

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Things we could not confirm

  • Dates in the page are written as day/month/year; opening date 2 November 2026 taken from the Phase 1 wording.
  • Business size not stated beyond open to all sizes.
  • Applicants notified 7 December 2026; Phase 2 pitch day date not stated.
  • Sanctioned-country exclusion applies; the page links to the government list rather than naming countries.

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Local Landscape gathers this information automatically from the pages below, then checks the key details against the official page. Checked against the official page (co-creation.hmgcc.gov.uk) on 3 Nov 2026. Its details have not changed since it was listed on 3 Nov 2026. No person has checked it, so confirm the details with HMGCC before you apply.

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