Uk Accelerated Capability Environment

Technology for Policing: BlueprintCo ACE Supplier Story

The UK Accelerated Capability Environment published a case study on BlueprintCo, a supplier specialising in reviewing and delivering complex policing capabilities. Since 2023, BlueprintCo has completed 12 ACE commissions examining how new technology, data, and policy intersect with live policing operations. The case study highlights work on AI deepfakes in CSAM investigations and frameworks for transparent AI communications in law enforcement.

Research on Social Media Use in People Smuggling and OSINT Disruption Methods

The Accelerated Capability Environment (ACE) delivered evidence-based research to the UK's Border Security Command on how organized crime groups use social media platforms to facilitate irregular migration across the Channel. Research included literature review and interviews with dozens of subject matter experts across government, industry, academia, and civil society.

New Simulation Capability Boosts UK Military Advantage

The Accelerated Capability Environment (ACE) developed two complementary simulation tools—NEMESIS and ARCUS—for the Ministry of Defence (MoD) to enhance rapid tactical decision-making. NEMESIS, built by Applied Data Science Partners, is an adversarial reinforcement-learning simulation for missile defence with complex physics models. ARCUS, built by a consortium of Skyral, Frazer-Nash Consultancy and Principle One, is an agent-based simulation laboratory with visualisation and analytics for operational planning. Both tools were delivered in nine months using Agile methods with smaller innovative suppliers, compared to traditional multi-year procurement timelines.

Precision at Pace Enables Safer Military Air Drops

The UK Accelerated Capability Environment (ACE) developed a proof of concept with Applied Data Science Partners for aerial transport load analysis, capturing G-force, oscillation, and descent patterns during military air drops. Delivered in nine weeks, the solution uses sensor integration and a web-based interface for configurable variables. The PoC enables the Ministry of Defence's Joint Air Delivery Test and Evaluation Unit to reduce reliance on costly live testing and lays groundwork for future predictive modelling using machine learning.

Home Office Appoints PA Consulting and Plexal as ACE Delivery Partners

The Home Office has appointed PA Consulting and Plexal as new delivery partners for the Accelerated Capability Environment (ACE), effective 1 April 2026. The partnership aims to strengthen ACE's ability to identify shared challenges across government and match them to available capability. ACE will continue supporting departments, agencies, policing and wider public services by accepting inbound requests while identifying areas where common needs can be addressed at pace.