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DASA to oversee new funding for defence innovation priorities

Homeland June 1, 2020

£1m of Defence Innovation funding has been set aside for civil sector support for the Ministry of Defence’s (MOD) innovation priorities. Industry and academia are being urged to submit their ideas to help MOD with its most pressing problems to face future threats. The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) will oversee the Innovation ...

DASA awards £2.3m to develop novel sensor technology

Homeland May 6, 2020

Official DPRTE 2020 partner, the Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA), has awarded 13 contracts worth a total of £2.3 million to develop improved Electro-Optics and Infrared (EOIR) sensor capability. The Advanced Vision 2020 and Beyond competition, run on behalf of the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl), sought innovation and novel approaches ...

DPRTE partner DASA’s £1m innovation funding to predict and counter cyber attacks

April 29, 2020

The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) has announced nearly £1 million to further develop technology that predicts and counters cyber-attacks. Three lead organisations, in collaboration with three additional organisations, have been awarded funding in Phase 2 of the DASA ‘Predictive Cyber Analytics’ competition. This work will develop, adapt and merge the novel approaches ...

DASA £1m innovation funding to predict and counter cyber attacks

Homeland April 29, 2020

The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) has announced nearly £1 million to further develop technology that predicts and counters cyber-attacks. Three lead organisations, in collaboration with three additional organisations, have been awarded funding in Phase 2 of the DASA ‘Predictive Cyber Analytics’ competition. This work will develop, adapt and merge the novel approaches ...