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DASA approves £1million military decarbonisation funding

Air February 13, 2020

DASA has approved £1million in military decarbonisation funding which will go to waste reusing technology. DASA (Defence and Security Accelerator) has approved decarbonisation funding for projects recycling waste fuel and oils from aircraft. DASA – on behalf of the Royal Air Force – has awarded contracts to three universities and one ...

Dstl to look at increased SME spending

Land February 11, 2020

Dstl is expected to highlight increased SME spending this year at Venturefest 2020. Dstl Chief Executive Gary Aitkenhead will explore recent increases in SME spending when he speaks at this year’s Venturefest. This year (2019/20) Dstl has already committed to spend £41 million on research directly with SMEs, up from £38 ...

Dstl announces competition for autonomous gap crossing survey technology

Land February 7, 2020

Dstl has released competition information for autonomous gap crossing survey technology for use during missions. Dstl is seeking autonomous gap crossing survey tools to help personnel cross bodies of water and other ‘gaps’ in the map. Currently, the only way of identifying suitable crossing points is to send Royal Engineer reconnaissance ...

DASA announces £4million contract for AI warships

Maritime January 27, 2020

DASA has announced a new contract for AI warships with advanced decision-making technology across nine projects. The new funding from DASA (Defence and Security Accelerator) will go towards projects creating AI warships with advanced intelligence processing systems, beginning with nine projects. The first projects will share an initial £1 million to ...