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DPRTE partner DASA launches new cyber innovation focus area

Homeland August 18, 2021

Official DPRTE event partner, the Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) has launched a new Innovation Focus Area (IFA) called Reducing the Cyber Attack Surface, which aims to develop technologies that reduce the opportunity for cyber attacks on Ministry of Defence (MOD) systems and platforms. The defence sector is diverse and continually growing, with ...

DPRTE partner Dstl hosts event to showcase new science and technology

Homeland August 16, 2021

Dstl has hosted an event to encourage free thinking by showcasing new science and technology that could help fight crime and terrorism. Among the science displayed to senior officials from the National Police Chiefs’ Council and the Home Office was Gravity, a human jet suit system. The pilot swooped in to amaze ...

DPRTE partner Dstl awards £9.5m contract for military space communications

Air August 11, 2021

Official DPRTE 2021 event partner, the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl), have awarded a £9.5 million contract to In-Space Missions Ltd for the build of the Titania satellite, which will undertake vital research on the next-generation of communications technology. To be launched in 2023 and approximately the size of a ...

Ethical hackers collaborate with Defence to strengthen cyber security

Homeland August 11, 2021

In a first for the Ministry of Defence, 26 ethical hackers have taken part in a Bug Bounty programme in collaboration with US based organisation HackerOne. The 30-day challenge aimed to identify and fix vulnerabilities in cyber systems to strengthen Defence’s security and to ensure better resilience. Bug Bounty programmes provide safe ...