DASA has awarded £2million contracts to eighteen bids aiming to disrupt hostile drone attacks as part of a competition. The Countering Drones competition was launched earlier this year and will fund ways of disrupting, defeating, and detecting hostile drone activity. The competition is run by DASA on behalf of Dstl and ...
The European Defence Agency (EDA) has approved the 11 EU defence capability priorities to improve coherence across the continent. The EDA approved 11 Strategic Context Cases (SCC) which instruct on how to implement EU defence priorities. They describe the current capability and what is currently planned to address issues. Results of the ...
The MOD has launched a fund to find counter drone technology to combat hostile use of drones. The competition, run by the Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA), the MOD’s innovation hub, will seek robust and cost-effective next-generation counter drone to the risks posed by hostile UAS. The MOD is looking to develop ...
The European Defence Fund has received €525million for joint research and industrial projects to modernise defence. The European Commission has begun work programmes to co-finance joint research and industrial projects for 2019-2020. Projects include drone defence, intelligence and communication, and cyber defence. The Defence Industrial Development Programme (EDIDP) work programme will provide €500million for ...