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British fashion designers help develop future of combat clothing

January 31, 2018

Scientists at the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory are continuing to work with a range of industry partners to develop the Army’s Future Soldier Vision, showcasing the personal equipment that soldiers could be using by the mid-2020s. The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) works to apply cutting-edge science and ...

Get ready for DPRTE 2018 and join the defence discussion

January 23, 2018

Anticipation is building for DPRTE 2018 with a number of keynote speakers announced to appear at the UK’s premier defence procurement event of the year. The Ministry of Defence, DE&S, Dstl, DASA and ISS are just some of the organisations that will be sharing their business opportunities and insights at Cardiff’s ...

Dstl to study effects of space weather on communications

Homeland January 23, 2018

A new experiment to study the effects of space weather on global communications is being launched by the UK and US governments. Using specially designed shoebox-sized satellites known as CubeSats, scientists from the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) will be able to study the Earth’s upper atmosphere and find out how ...

Dstl backs 2018’s Year of Engineering

Homeland January 22, 2018

The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) has announced its support of the Government’s pledge to make 2018 the Year of Engineering. As a key campaign partner, Dstl will be promoting its state-of-the-art engineering work to demonstrate the creativity involved in designing solutions for military and security customers. In 2017, Dstl recruited 80 ...