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DASA to host event showcasing protective materials

Homeland December 3, 2019

DASA will host an event exploring the latest in protective materials to be attended by Armed Forces and government representatives. The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) will host an interactive event in December exploring protective materials that can offer more endurance and reduced cost. Representatives from industry, government, and the armed ...

DASA reach out to security sector for Improving Crowd Resilience briefing

Homeland November 27, 2019

The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) are to showcase suppliers’ success from the ICR competition at the International Security Expo 2019. Following the 2017 terror attacks in Manchester and London, DASA and the Home Office’s Office for Security and Counter Terrorism (OSCT) initiated the £2 million “Improving Crowd Resilience” competition to seek innovative ...

Plextek wins DASA contracts to defend against hostile drones

Homeland November 14, 2019

Plextek-DTS (Defence Technology Solutions) has been awarded two contracts under the £2 million Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) competition to develop new capabilities to detect, disrupt, and defeat the hostile and malicious use of drones. The first project focuses on the development of an innovative signal detection and jamming capability to ...

Plextek wins DASA contract for anti-drone technology

Air November 10, 2019

Cambridge-based company Plextek has been awarded two contracts for anti-drone technology as part of a DASA competition. The company has been awarded two contracts under the DASA anti-drone competition, seeking technology capable of defeating, detecting, and disrupting the hostile use of drones. The contracts make use of the company’s Low Size ...