225 Armed Forces personnel will be deployed to support the Scottish Ambulance Service in the fight against COVID-19 from Saturday. The UK Government has approved the support through the Military Assistance to the Civil Authority (MACA) process, following a request from the Scotland Office, working with Scottish Government. The Ministry of ...
Official DPRTE event partner, the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl), has teamed up with industry to create amphibious vehicles, robots and drones in the Map the Gap competition. The competition, run by Dstl on behalf of DASA, aims to find new ways to help UK Armed Forces cross a body of water, or ‘wet ...
A £110 million contract has been awarded to deliver the new Defence Strategic Radio Service (DSRS) to critical military operations. DSRS uses the Earth’s ionosphere, part of the upper atmosphere, to allow radio signals to be sent and received across thousands of kilometers. This allows communications to be rapidly delivered across ...
Dstl and QinetiQ have showcased the Mobility Test Rig (MTR), demonstrating the potential functionality and capability of novel mobility solutions. Imagine breaking away from the traditional picture of slow moving heavy tracked armoured vehicles to lighter, faster, more agile and highly fuel-efficient platforms; designed to operate at very high tempo, well ...
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