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DASA funding set to transform recovery from combat trauma

Land October 10, 2019

The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) has announced funding for Phase 2 of its Regenerative Medicine themed competition. The Universities of Bristol and Nottingham will share over 500k from DASA to lead a consortium of experts on research projects into bioengineered blood and soft tissue regeneration, respectively. The research could not ...

How in-ear physiological monitoring can prevent injury and illness in defence

October 9, 2019

Writing for Defence Online, Leon Marsh, CEO at Bodytrak, takes a look at the vital role physiological monitoring technology can play in preventing illness and detecting injury. Defence personnel across all forces face challenges related to physiological strain. Advances in precision, wearable, physiological monitoring technology now means that it’s easier to ...

Phase 2 of DASA competition to disarm chemical weapons launched

Land October 7, 2019

DASA has launched Phase 2 of ‘Don’t Blow It!’, a competition seeking novel ways of neutralising chemical weapons. The second phase of the competition is seeking technology to destroy or neutralise chemical weapons and biological agents in Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs). Up to £1.5million in funding will be available for successful ...

Autonomous DASA competition awards £3m funding

Land October 3, 2019

Six companies have been awarded a share of £3m to develop new semi-autonomous concept demonstrators for the British Army. The winners will demonstrate their autonomous innovations at the Army Warfighting Experiment (AWE19) in April 2020. The competition, run by the Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA), sought to find collaborative ideas that could ...