DASA has launched Phase 2 of ‘Don’t Blow It!’, a competition seeking novel ways of neutralising chemical weapons. The second phase of the competition is seeking technology to destroy or neutralise chemical weapons and biological agents in Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs). Up to £1.5million in funding will be available for successful ...
The US and UK armed forces collaborated on an experiment to test the potential of autonomous vehicles in saving lives. The UK DSTL and the US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command’s Ground Vehicle Systems Centre (TARDEC) recently experimented on the benefits of autonomous vehicles. They looked at how semi-autonomous logistic convoys, ...
The government has intervened in a US firm’s takeover of defence and aerospace company Cobham, citing national security concerns. The takeover of Cobham by Advent International has been postponed pending an intervention notice, with the government citing national security concerns. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) will investigate the takeover and ...
Director of the DIA Army Lt. Gen. Robert P. Ashley Jr. has outlined the top three priorities needed to modernise intelligence in the USA. The head of the US DIA (Defence Intelligence Agency) outlined what was needed to modernise intelligence in a speech at the DIA Information System conference in Florida. ...