| Innovate UK: Counter UAS Technologies |
£300k to £1.25m grant; £5m total pot |
Counter-UAS, drone detection/defeat, resilient sensing, dual-use defence/security |
3 Jun 2026, 11:00 |
High |
| UKDI: Map the Gap Phase 3 |
£2m total; likely 3 to 4 awards |
UAV sensing, autonomy, engineering recce, open data, TAK/MAVLink integration |
16 Jun 2026, 12:00 |
Medium-high |
| UKDI: Innovation Support to Operations |
Expected up to £350k; £1m cap |
Rapid deployable defence capability, autonomy, sensors, navigation, fieldable systems |
Cycle 7 closed 12 May 2026; watch next cycle |
Medium |
| UKDI Open Call for Innovation |
Varies by cycle and phase |
Unsolicited defence/security innovation |
Expected to reopen before UKDI full operating capability in July 2026 |
Medium |
| Defence Innovation Loans FY26/27 Cycle 1 |
£100k to £1m loan |
Mature defence SME commercialisation |
19 May 2026, 12:00 |
High |
| NATO DIANA |
Usually €100k Phase 1; up to €300k Phase 2 |
NATO dual-use deep tech, decision support, autonomy, communications, resilience, sensing |
Decision Superiority closed 5 May; wider 2026 challenges expected June |
Medium |
| UK R&D Tax Relief |
20% taxable expenditure credit; enhanced SME support possible |
Engineering R&D: firmware, radios, mesh, embedded systems, prototypes, testing |
Claim through corporation tax process |
Medium |
| NATO Innovation Fund |
Equity; €1bn+ fund |
Dual-use deep tech, autonomy, sensors, compute, communications, resilience |
No fixed grant window |
High |
| NSSIF |
Equity; amount not published per company |
UK national-security deep tech, secure systems, autonomy, sensing, communications |
No fixed grant window |
High |