Advanced Material Development Ltd (AMD) has secured its first contract under the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) Weapons Sector Research Framework (WSRF), worth £125,000. Awarded earlier this year, the WSRF is a five-year framework to develop and exploit technology to improve complex, conventional and novel weapons technologies. The framework promises ...
Science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) ambassadors from Dstl (Defence Science and Technology Laboratory) are encouraging the next generation of space engineers with 2 new employer-led challenges for students at the university technical college (UTC) in Portsmouth. Students from Year 12 completed the challenges during the height of lockdown, from April to July ...
The UK’s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) has been given a rare Royal visit during the COVID-19 pandemic to showcase the science inside defence and security when Her Majesty The Queen, accompanied by The Duke of Cambridge visited its site near Salisbury. The Queen and The Duke officially opened Dstl’s new ...
Further to initial flight trials, PHASA-35, a 35 metre wingspan solar-electric aircraft, has successfully completed critical endurance trials which saw the aircraft operate for 72 hours in a simulated environment that models the harsh stratospheric conditions in which the aircraft is designed to operate. The PHASA-35 trials, a collaborative effort by ...