Innovation Challenges

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Solicitation for Next-Gen Counter-UAS
Challenge Owner(s) Cap Vista
Organiser(s) Cap Vista
Industry Type(s)
Opportunities and Support Opportunities to validate solutions with challenge statement owners through project trials.
Application Start Date 19 May 2026
Application End Date 24 June 2026
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About Challenge

Unauthorized drones pose an evolving threat, and there is a need for solutions capable of detecting and neutralizing a broad range of evolving UAS threats, including but not limited to fibre-optic, cellular, satellite-navigation-based, frequency-hopping, non-ISM (Industrial, Scientific, and Medical) radio band, swarm, and FPV (First-Person View) drones.
Challenge Owner(s)Cap Vista
Context

Unauthorized drones pose an evolving threat, and there is a need for solutions capable of detecting and neutralizing a broad range of evolving UAS threats, including but not limited to fibre-optic, cellular, satellite-navigation-based, frequency-hopping, non-ISM (Industrial, Scientific, and Medical) radio band, swarm, and FPV (First-Person View) drones.

What We Are Looking For
  • Innovative solutions that are cost‑effective, user-friendly, manpower‑efficient, and require minimal training.
Key Metrics
  • Performance effectiveness in detecting or neutralising threats.
  • Cost parity / effectiveness.
  • Ease of operation.
  • Manning / manpower efficiency.
  • Ability to adapt quickly to changing threats.
Your Technology Solution Should Demonstrate
  • Ability to detect and/or neutralize drone threats preferably at scale.
What A Trial Looks Like
  • Trials may be conducted within potential deployment site (where suitable) and the solution’s operational and technical capabilities will be benchmarked against the key metrices mentioned above.
  • Coordination with the appointed vendors will be required to conduct the trial and for support of any necessary ground services.
What We Are Not Looking For
  • Traditional high-cost systems.
  • Academic concepts without demonstrated evidence.
Follow-on Implementation Cost
  • All necessary cost if necessary to facilitate deployment.

The application phase will start on 19th May 2026 (GMT+8) and end on 24th June 2026, 13:00 hrs (GMT+8).

Shortlisting of Proposals

  • End June - July 2026

    Proposals will be assessed for relevance to the solicitation objectives and alignment with the stated evaluation criteria.

    During the evaluation period, we may reach out to proposal providers for clarification.

  • Notification of Outcomes
    August / September 2026

    Successful participants may be awarded a contract by Cap Vista to demonstrate their technology in a fully funded short-term trial.