DASA launches competition to protect physical assets from UAS attacks

The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) has launched a new themed competition entitled "Protecting Physical Assets from UAS Attack".
The competition is jointly funded by the National Protective Security Authority (NPSA), the UK Âé¶¹Çø Office and the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl).
The competition will look for proposals that can provide a defensive solution for physical assets as a countermeasure to an Uncrewed Aerial System (UAS) kinetic attack and aims to move away from conventional C-UAS methods and instead explores the most effective ways to provide physical protection to various assets from hostile UAS.
It will include options for hardening the asset, providing blanket last-ditch defence, and deploying automated alerts for incoming hostile UAS.
The competition has two challenge areas - protecting a static asset and protecting an asset on the move.
£750,000 is available to successful bids.
The competition is open now and closes on 13 June 2024.











