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JFC Commander to take part in innovation Twitter debate

July 18, 2018

General Sir Chris Deverell, Commander Joint Forces Command, is to give the public a unique opportunity to join him in a discussion on Twitter about innovation. From 5pm to 6pm, on 26 July 2018, Gen Chris will take questions on the subject of innovation in UK defence and the valuable work ...

Defence innovation takes up residency at White City

Homeland July 17, 2018

The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) is to open a new hub at Imperial’s White City Campus as part of efforts to boost research and innovation collaboration. The move will see DASA take up residency in Central Working White City – located on the 4th floor of the I-HUB – a ...

Metasurfaces for defence and security competition launched

July 13, 2018

The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) has announced the launch of a new competition on metasurfaces for defence and security. This themed competition is seeking proposals for innovative solutions that will pull ideas from recent breakthroughs in metasurface science into products. The competition is aimed at the private sector and academia who ...

DASA launch chemical and biological munitions disposal competition

Land July 13, 2018

The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) is launching a competition ‘Safely eliminating chemical and biological munitions on the battlefield ‘Don’t Blow It!’ The competition is aimed at the private sector and academia, to seek innovative solutions and approaches to accessing, disabling and/or irreversibly destroying chemical and biological weapons munitions, improvised explosive ...