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 ...
Dstl has taken part in a two-day workshop run by the Machine Speed Command and Control (MSC2) project on artificial intelligence (AI). The innovative workshop was run by one of the MSC2 partners, Cambridge Consultants, with the aim of building a common understanding of the opportunities and challenges of AI. Much of ...
Atkins’ Elspeth McIntyre considers how asset data can help defence to meet its decarbonisation targets. Across the globe, nations’ national defence organisations are major asset owners and – consequently – major contributors to greenhouse gas emissions. The UK’s Ministry of Defence, for example, owns about 1% of the UK’s total landmass, ...
January 20, 2025
Why AI must support not supplant human decision-making in defence
There is a fundamental difference between human and machine intelligence. But, increasingly, organisations look at artificial intelligence (AI) as an
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
