Supported by the DASA funding and run by veterans, a London-based green tech start-up has developed a process to recycle end-of-life body armour fibres, seeing high-quality protection for soldiers alongside reductions in emissions and saving money. When body armour used by soldiers expires, it is currently incinerated, resulting in the loss ...
Defence Support has launched the first of three hydrogen-fuelled charging facilities to power Front-Line Command electric fleet vehicles supporting defence’s transition to net zero. The hydrogen power units (HPUs) are being trialled at RAF Leeming, HMNB DEVONPORT and at the Army’s Merville Barracks, Colchester. Trialling the use of hydrogen as an energy ...
DASA’s Defence Innovation Loan programme has seen UK SME VRAI improve the commercialisation of its data capture and analysis technology. Newcastle-based SME, VRAI, which specialises in virtual reality (VR) simulation training and data capture, with the help of DASA funding, VRAI developed a solution to enable the RAF to better measure and ...
The MOD has awarded BAE Systems an £89M contract to enhance front-line connectivity for military personnel, linking small reconnaissance drones, combat vehicles, fighter jets, aircraft carriers and military commands. Modern battles are fought across land, sea, air, space, cyber and electronic warfare. Rapidly evolving technologies mean each domain is highly contested ...
January 8, 2025
Aiming Far and High: New DASA Market Exploration seeks revolutionary uncrewed systems
The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) has launched a new Market Exploration called ‘Air Launched Effects: Revolutionary Deployment Systems’. Run
December 20, 2024
Homeland - DASA links innovators to defence and security investors
The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) provides a collaborative platform for innovative companies to pitch their businesses and novel technologies
