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Dstl’s Rob Solly latest name to confirm as Keynote Speaker at DPRTE 2020

Homeland April 1, 2020

Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) Division Head for Defence and Security Analysis, Rob Solly, is the latest leading name in defence to be confirmed as a keynote speaker at Defence Procurement, Research, Technology & Exportability (DPRTE) 2020 which will take place at Farnborough International Exhibition Centre on 3 September. Mr ...

Survey reveals critical infrastructure cyber attacks a greater concern than data breaches

Homeland April 1, 2020

Industrial cyber security company, Claroty, has released research into the state of industrial cybersecurity worldwide, which found that 74% of IT security professionals globally are more concerned about a cyber attack on critical infrastructure than an enterprise data breach. An independent survey of 1,000 full-time IT security professionals was carried out in ...

Dstl pioneers 3D printing technique for use on the front line

Homeland March 31, 2020

A project at Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) has created a new technique which could offer on-demand, 3D-printed explosives at the front line. Energetics experts are essential for defence and security; from forensic analysis to the protection of troops from explosive devices. Since recognising this national decline in the energetics ...

Up to the challenge: Defence firms play vital role in ventilator production

Homeland March 31, 2020

A consortium of significant UK industrial, technology and engineering businesses from across the aerospace, automotive and medical sectors, has come together to produce medical ventilators for the UK. The VentilatorChallengeUK Consortium is led by Dick Elsy, CEO of High Value Manufacturing Catapult, a group of manufacturing research centres in the UK. The ...