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The UK Government is asking for health and security experts to inform the refresh of the UK’s Biological Security Strategy, which aims to protect the country from a range of biological threats, including emerging infectious diseases and potential misuse by hostile actors. The updated Strategy will incorporate learnings from the recent ...


Writing for Defence Online, Caren Soper, Principal Human Factors Specialist, QinetiQ, examines the role of trust in teaming human operators and machines in the context of defence. Trust in the ‘Second Machine-Age’ It’s probable that no other profession or institution relies on trust more than the military. In fact, trust, rather than control, shapes ...


Official DPRTE 2022 event partner, Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) has welcomed its new Chief Executive  Dr Paul Hollinshead OBE. Dr Hollinshead has led complex large science and technology programmes in the defence and civil sector for more than 20 years. He joins Dstl from the Defence Nuclear Organisation where he was director warhead. Dr ...


Official DPRTE event partner, the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl), will launch its first satellites in 2022 in the next phase of growing the UK’s space research capabilities. The satellites demonstrate further progress towards the government’s ambition that by 2030 the UK will have the ability to monitor, protect and defend our ...


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