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International Space Pitch Day is a joint U.S. - UK initiative that aims to find, fund and fast-track innovation and technology that gives advantage to military operations in space. The competition is open to innovators from all over the world and delivered through the UK Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA). The endeavour is jointly funded by the UK’s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl), Royal Air Force and the U.S. Air Force. A grand coalition of Dstl, DASA, Royal Air Force, UK Strategic Command, the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Space Force, and the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) has been assembled to find, fund, and fast-track the best ideas from start-up innovators to the front line. Organisations who make it through to the International Space Pitch Day will be in contention to secure a $66,000 (£53,000) contract from the judging panel to speed up their innovations and technology.

The competition is seeking solutions to six challenges set by the U.S. and UK Space teams:

  • Visualisation of key events and information for combined space operations with allies and commercial partners.
  • Understanding current satellite systems relevant to the operations of a particular commander.
  • Understanding the present and potential impact of space weather on users across all domains.
  • Provision of training against realistic threats and opportunities, incorporating live data, and integrating space across multiple domains.
  • Enabling common and user-defined operational pictures to support multi-national space domain awareness and command and control.
  •  A verification and comparison tool for Space domain awareness, which can take orbital observation data from a variety of sources and in a variety of formats and produce a single, reliable operational picture.

Compulsory registration questions for the International Space Pitch Day and the Allied Defence Accelerator must be submitted by midday BST on Wednesday, 19 August 2020. International Space Pitch Day 2020 proposals must be submitted by 12pm BST on Wednesday 2 September 2020.

Complete details and registration information can be found by visiting the International Space Pitch Day landing page.

For more information on the MOD, please contact PJ Menner in Embassy London at pj.menner@trade.compj.menner@trade.com

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