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£3.M DASA competition launched

Land July 19, 2023

A new DASA competition has been launched to find novel and innovative proposals to develop and improve explosives and weapons detection capabilities. This £3.1M competition is part of the Innovative Research Call (IRC) 2023 for Explosives and Weapons Detection, a cross-government programme that seeks proposals from industry and academia for the screening ...

Dstl to host Future Sensing and PNT symposium

July 18, 2023

Dstl is hosting a symposium with industry, academia and wider government to shape thinking on future technical challenges for defence sensing and position, navigation and timing (PNT). This symposium will provide insight into generation-after-next (GAN) technical defence challenges for sensing and position, navigation and timing (PNT). In our rapidly changing world, sensor technologies increasingly ...

Autonomous sensor management and sensor counter deception

Homeland June 30, 2023

Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) have announced a new competition for July that will seek proposals to develop solutions for autonomous sensor management and sensor deception in intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) scenarios. This competition is the first phase of a competition being run in support of Dstl’s Sensor Fusion and ...

DASA competition: Eyes in the sky

Air June 23, 2023

Eyes in the sky: this competition seeks novel low cost and adaptable autonomous air systems to give the UK an advantage. DASA has launched a new Themed Competition: Affordable and Adaptable Unmanned Air Systems Autonomy This competition is funded by the Army Rapid Innovation and Exploitation Laboratory (ARIEL), a part of the ...