Innovation Challenges

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Challenge Owner(s) Home Team Science and Technology Agency (HTX)
Organiser(s) SOSA
Industry Type(s)
Digital/ICT, Electronics, Healthcare & Biomedical, Precision Engineering, Urban Solutions
Opportunities and Support Participating startups will work with HTX’s experts and end-users on Proof-of-Concepts to validate their technologies
Application Start Date 14 March 2023
Application End Date 12 April 2023
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About Challenge

The SOSA-HTX Open Innovation Challenge is a unique dual-use technologies accelerator program designed to identify and cultivate early-stage ideas into breakthrough science and tech solutions for public safety and security. By connecting and building an ecosystem of startup innovators, the program supports and accelerates technology innovation for a safer tomorrow. Participating startups will work alongside HTX’s experts on Proof-of-Concepts to validate their technologies for real-world implementations.

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Challenge Owner(s)Home Team Science and Technology Agency (HTX)
Industry Types(s)
Digital/ICT, Electronics, Healthcare & Biomedical

Frontline Emergency & Rescue

The SOSA-HTX Open Innovation Challenge is a unique dual-use technologies accelerator program designed to identify and cultivate early-stage ideas into breakthrough science and tech solutions for public safety and security. By connecting and building an ecosystem of startup innovators, the program supports and accelerates technology innovation for a safer tomorrow. Participating startups will work alongside HTX’s experts on Proof-of-Concepts to validate their technologies for real-world implementations.

What We Are Looking For

  • Real time locating and monitoring of personnel in indoor environment
  • Life detection through wall or rubble
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Challenge Owner(s)Home Team Science and Technology Agency (HTX)
Industry Types(s)
Digital/ICT, Electronics, Precision Engineering

Human Performance

The SOSA-HTX Open Innovation Challenge is a unique dual-use technologies accelerator program designed to identify and cultivate early-stage ideas into breakthrough science and tech solutions for public safety and security. By connecting and building an ecosystem of startup innovators, the program supports and accelerates technology innovation for a safer tomorrow. Participating startups will work alongside HTX’s experts on Proof-of-Concepts to validate their technologies for real-world implementations.

What We Are Looking For

  • Remote, real time collaborative and realistic technology for tactical training and operations
  • Body cooling during operations
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Challenge Owner(s)Home Team Science and Technology Agency (HTX)
Industry Types(s)
Digital/ICT, Electronics, Energy & Chemicals, Healthcare & Biomedical, Precision Engineering

Environmental Monitoring & Sensemaking

The SOSA-HTX Open Innovation Challenge is a unique dual-use technologies accelerator program designed to identify and cultivate early-stage ideas into breakthrough science and tech solutions for public safety and security. By connecting and building an ecosystem of startup innovators, the program supports and accelerates technology innovation for a safer tomorrow. Participating startups will work alongside HTX’s experts on Proof-of-Concepts to validate their technologies for real-world implementations.

What We Are Looking For

  • Remote and early-detection of harmful gas (e.g., chlorine) emissions in low-light conditions
  • Predict and identify the source of chemical threats in the environment
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Challenge Owner(s)Home Team Science and Technology Agency (HTX)
Industry Types(s)
Digital/ICT, Electronics, Precision Engineering, Urban Solutions

Robotics & Drones

The SOSA-HTX Open Innovation Challenge is a unique dual-use technologies accelerator program designed to identify and cultivate early-stage ideas into breakthrough science and tech solutions for public safety and security. By connecting and building an ecosystem of startup innovators, the program supports and accelerates technology innovation for a safer tomorrow. Participating startups will work alongside HTX’s experts on Proof-of-Concepts to validate their technologies for real-world implementations.

What We Are Looking For

  • Autonomous navigation systems
  • Autonomous obstacle & detection avoidance
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Challenge Owner(s)Home Team Science and Technology Agency (HTX)
Industry Types(s)
Digital/ICT, Electronics, Precision Engineering, Urban Solutions

Crime Scene Forensics

The SOSA-HTX Open Innovation Challenge is a unique dual-use technologies accelerator program designed to identify and cultivate early-stage ideas into breakthrough science and tech solutions for public safety and security. By connecting and building an ecosystem of startup innovators, the program supports and accelerates technology innovation for a safer tomorrow. Participating startups will work alongside HTX’s experts on Proof-of-Concepts to validate their technologies for real-world implementations.

What We Are Looking For

  • Rapid crime scene imaging, mapping and on-scene 3D capture of forensic exhibits
  • Rapid identification of explosive residue and blast fragments at a post-blast scene
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