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UK Defence Innovation: Electro Optic Sensing Technologies

UK Defence Innovation: Electro Optic Sensing Technologies is a competition offering up to £600,000 per project for businesses of any size, sole traders and academic institutions based in the UK. Open, closes 9 December 2026.

Run by UK Defence Innovation

Checked against the official page (gov.uk) on 11 Nov 2026.

A UK Defence Innovation competition seeking proposals to enhance defence's electro-optic infrared sensing in contested, degraded environments, across nine listed challenge areas. Run on behalf of the Electro Optic Sensing project.

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Status and deadline

Status

Open

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Deadline

Closes 9 December 2026 at 12 noon (28 days)

As stated: Stage 1 submission deadline 12:00 Midday on 9 December 2026 (GMT)

Confirmed on the official page

How much

Up to £600,000

Whole fund: £2,800,000, shared between applicants

Confirmed on the official page

Who can apply

UK registered businesses listed at Companies House, sole traders, and academic institutions in the UK, intending to undertake the project work in the UK.

Confirmed on the official page

Business size

Any size

Confirmed on the official page

Sectors

electronics, industrial maths, photonics, robotics & ai, security & defence, sensors, space, water

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How to apply

Register for an account on the UKDI submission service, then submit a Stage 1 idea overview with outline technical plan; Stage 2 full proposals are 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

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Things we could not confirm

  • Opens 10/11/2026 per the listing, so applications are not yet open today.
  • Stage 2 full proposals are by invitation only.
  • Project duration 12 to 24 months; contract start aimed for May 2027.
  • Organisation listed as UKDI; text says the competition is run on behalf of the Electro Optic Sensing (EOS) project.
  • Business size limits not stated.

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