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Tactical Power Challenge

The Tactical Power Challenge is a competition offering funding of up to £2.45 million in total for innovative Army tactical power technology, open to UK-registered businesses based and developing their projects in the UK. Open, closes 10 November 2026.

Run by UK Defence Innovation

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A two-stage competition to develop Army tactical power solutions at TRL 4 to TRL 6, plus a market engagement strand (Immediate Power Problem) for technology at TRL 6 or above that can be commercialised within 12 months.

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Status and deadline

Status

Open

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Deadline

Closes 10 November 2026 at 12 noon (9 days)

As stated: Stage 1 submission deadline 12:00 Midday on 10 November 2026 (GMT)

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How much

Funding of £2.45M is available for Innovative Tactical Power Solutions. No funding figure is stated for Immediate Power Problem, which is a market engagement activity.

Whole fund: £2,450,000, shared between applicants

Not confirmed on the official page

Who can apply

UK registered businesses listed at Companies House, based in the UK and carrying out the project development in the UK; they need not be UK-owned. The development strand is for technology at TRL 4 to TRL 6; the Immediate Power Problem strand is for technology at TRL 6 or above that could be sold within the next 12 months.

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Business size

Not stated

Sectors

defence

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How to apply

Read the challenge document, then submit a Stage 1 proposal through the UKDI Online Submission Service (you need to register for an account) by 12:00 on 10 November 2026. Stage 2 is by invitation only.

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Where it is open: UK-wide

United Kingdom

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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

  • The page does not state who can apply, so businesses_can_apply is unclear; check the Challenge Document and Terms and Conditions.
  • Two opportunities are listed: Innovative Tactical Power Solutions (two-stage competition, £2.45M available) and Immediate Power Problem (market engagement with one stage, no funding figure stated). They are combined in this entry because the page presents them as one challenge.
  • Stage 1 deadline is 10 November 2026 at 12:00 (GMT). Stage 2 is open by invitation from 17 November 2026 at 12:00 (GMT), with a Stage 2 submission deadline of 15 December 2026 at 12:00 (no time zone stated for that date, though the other dates say GMT).
  • The page says the activity is run in partnership with Australia's Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator (ASCA), which may have its own rules.
  • The Stage 2 submission deadline is shown as 12:00 Midday on 15 December 2026 without (GMT) in the text.
  • Immediate Power Problem may involve a demonstration in the UK, likely at Warminster, Wiltshire, led by the Army's Experimentation and Trials Group.
  • The page does not say where applicants must be based. It is a UK Ministry of Defence challenge, but no area is stated in the text, so areas is empty.

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