Partnering sessions with Joint Forces Command innovation Hub

Opportunity to pitch your technology to the Joint Forces Command Innovation Team (jHub)

Following the visit by Air Vice Marshall Bruce Headley to the Science Park in March, his team are returning to the Bradfield Centre on 20 June to hold short, one-to-one partnering meetings. They want to meet companies with technology that could help address one or more of the challenges listed below.

If you would like to book a meeting, please email Jeanette Walker at jeanette.walker@cambridgesciencepark.co.uk

Projects
1. Decision support tool for evacuating wounded service personnel.

-        Problem.  Deciding where to send which casualties where and how is extremely complex and time-sensitive.

-        Idea. An application that advises medics where the best facility to take a casualty is and by what means (e.g. Helicopter). 

 
2. Secure Browse Down / Browse Across.

-        Problem.  MOD information has multiple classifications ranging from unclassified to secret.  Each classification tends to require a separate system and screen.

-        Idea.  An accredited means to display and exchange unclassified and secret information on a single system (a single screen for the user).

 
3. Browser for Open Source Intelligence collection platform.

-        Problem.  Intelligence analysts need to safely, rapidly and efficiently search the internet and collect data in support of counter-terrorism objectives.

-        Idea.  A bespoke web browser for Open Source information collection that integrates the following capabilities; security aspects, website analysis, text and video media collection, translation, website scraping and entity extraction.

 
4. Labelling and harnessing AI to search unstructured data.

-        Problem.  Headquarters’ receive large volumes of reporting on a weekly basis; this is typically searched and analysed by humans.

-        Idea.  Use AI to exploit a large library of live and historical reports to help commanders make informed decisions. 

 
5. Multi-platform geospatial surveillance and reconnaissance application.

-        Problem.  There is no single intelligence picture that shows where things (e.g. people, electronic transactions, etc) are in a real time.

-        Idea.  The ability to take data from multiple sources (including video) and fuse / overlay it onto a map with multiple data layers (e.g. oyster card data and CCTV) in real time to improve situational awareness and decision making.

 
6. Automated Real Time Video Analysis with threat recognition.

-        Problem.  Analysing video footage (and satellite imagery) is largely done by humans, is constrained by headcount and requires significant bandwidth.

-        Idea.  The ability to automatically analyse video (from various sources including drones) and recognise / report threats over constrained bandwidth.
7. Fast Triage Systems for Mass Casualty situations.

-        Problem.  Deciding which casualties to treat first, especially in a mass casualty situation, is complex and time-sensitive.  Tracking them thereafter tends to be by pen, paper and radio.

-        Idea.  A solution that combines the automatic tracking and triage of patients in a mass casualty situation.  This may include tracking, geo-location and remote monitoring of patients.

 
8. Using AI to improve Defence logistical needs.

-        Problem.  Defence logistical processes, planning and decision making is relatively antiquated and not optimised compared to commercial comparatives.

-        Idea.  The ability to track the location, stock level, issue and re-ordering of logistic stores, and the data analytics required for predictive maintenance and efficient logistical transport, for both in the UK and in deployed locations.

 
9. Digital Passport and single Logon and ID solution for Defence.

-        Problem.  Personal data sets are held over multiple IT systems.

-        Idea.  An accreditable ‘Digital Passport’ for Defence personnel that will hold all personal data sets from vetting information, to training and competences (and potentially Med) and can support single login access to fixed and deployed information systems. 

About jHub
Based on London, we connect world class technology and talent to military users
We look for market ready or near market technology. We don’t conduct scientific and technical research. We are specifically interested in building ‘MilTech’, this is cutting edge digital technology that can be adapted for military use.

Our 5 focus areas are:

artificial intelligence
autonomy
data analytics
simulation
behavioural sciences

If there is a good balance between user need, technological feasibility and business viability, then our target time to pilot is 30 working days.

The length of the pilot is determined by the user and supplier; the critical component is that the partnership is agile.

We take successful pilots to the JFC Innovation Board for decisions on prioritisation and funding
We have privileged access to the JFC Innovation Board, chaired by Commander JFC. For successful pilots, we ask the board to make significant delivery and funding decisions

The board meets every 3 months but can be activated out of session as required. Ultimately, an innovation will be judged a success when it delivers capability into the hands of users.