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New economic report reveals defence sector supports thousands of UK jobs

Land March 23, 2022

A newly published economic report has outlined the huge value of the defence sector to UK jobs, businesses and exports. The report has been published by the Joint Economic Data Hub (JEDHub), a collaborative initiative to improve understanding of the defence sector’s contribution to the UK economy and an important deliverable of the ...

DPRTE partner Dstl develops pioneering bio-batteries

Homeland March 18, 2022

Official DPRTE event partner, Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) scientists are working on bio-batteries powered by deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) which could ‘change the world and change the way we do things’. The pioneering work is a collaborative project with Touchlight Genetics, the Office of Naval Research Global (ONRG) from the US Department ...

DPRTE partner DASA launches new themed competition

Land March 1, 2022

Official DPRTE 2022 event partner, the Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA), on behalf of the Bright Corvus Project, has launched a new themed competition called Advanced Radio Frequency Sensing, Integrated Effects and PNT. This competition seeks to find disruptive innovations that enhance our approach to delivering pervasive, resilient Intelligence, Surveillance and ...

Official DPRTE partner Dstl welcomes new chief executive

Homeland February 15, 2022

Official DPRTE 2022 event partner, Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) has welcomed its new Chief Executive  Dr Paul Hollinshead OBE. Dr Hollinshead has led complex large science and technology programmes in the defence and civil sector for more than 20 years. He joins Dstl from the Defence Nuclear Organisation where he was director warhead. Dr ...