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Dstl fund research into futuristic solar panel shirts

Land June 26, 2018

The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) is funding research into new super-thin materials that could mean front line troops have solar panel shirts and data storage in their combats. Nicola Townsend is researching the properties of new super-thin materials for a PhD at the University of Exeter with Prof Saverio ...

US DoD awards KBRwyle seat on $900 million JT&E Program contract

Land June 25, 2018

KBRwyle has secured a seat on a $900 million contract to provide rapid solutions to fix problems identified through the Department of Defense’s Joint Test and Evaluation (JT&E) Program. The US Army Corps of Engineers Engineering Research and Development Center selected KBRwyle as one of the six prime contractors on this ...

Artificial intelligence instrumental in exposing campaign of cyber attacks

Land June 25, 2018

Artificial intelligence has helped to expose a campaign of cyber attacks carried out by the so-called Thrip group. Symantec’s Targeted Attack Analytics (TAA) technology employed advanced artificial intelligence (AI) to uncover the campaign, which targeted satellite communications, telecoms, geospatial imaging, and defence specialists in the United States and Southeast Asia. The AI ...

UK government strengthens defence and security ties with Poland

Land June 25, 2018

Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has arrived in Warsaw alongside the Defence Secretary, Gavin Williamson, to strengthen defence, security and cyber ties with Poland. The two representatives will join their counterparts Jacek Czaputowicz and Mariusz Błaszczak in Helenow, just outside Warsaw. The visit is the latest in a series of discussions that ...