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DASA seeks innovations to develop the first generation of directed energy weapons

Land October 4, 2022

The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) has launched an Innovation Focus Area (IFA) called Making Science Fiction a Reality: Future Directed Energy Weapons. This IFA is seeking innovations that will help contribute to the development of the first generation of deployed Directed Energy Weapons across Land, Sea and Air domains. This IFA is run on behalf of the Defence Science ...

Dstl grasps telexistence potential to reduce risk to personnel

Homeland August 2, 2022

At a recent event, suppliers demonstrated an array of technologies that allow an operator to experience being in a distant location. The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) has demonstrated innovative telexistence concepts that could give military personnel, emergency services, or humanitarian workers the capability to undertake dangerous tasks in hazardous ...

DASA supports Dstl to supercharge science and innovation for defence and security

Homeland June 15, 2022

Innovation experts from the Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) participated in the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory’s (Dstl) Supercharging Science engagement day, recently held in Newport. The event set out the Ministry of Defence’s (MOD) most ambitious science and technology (S&T) programmes to date with details on Dstl’s technical challenges and requirements. Minister for Defence Procurement, Jeremy Quin gave ...

New defence BattleLab to drive innovation

Homeland May 23, 2022

A new hub designed to spark innovation and push the boundaries of technology used by UK Armed Forces has been officially opened in Dorset. Building on successful global models of innovation and other work across UK Defence, the Defence BattleLab will bring together military personnel, academic institutions and private sector companies ...