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DPRTE partner Dstl make exciting discovery in fight against deadly diseases

Homeland February 22, 2022

Leading scientists at official DPRTE partner, Dstl, have made an exciting new discovery in the fight against some of the world’s deadliest diseases. Plague and melioidosis are diseases that currently affect people in several parts of the world, and pose a threat to members of the UK armed forces deployed overseas. ...

Official DPRTE partner Dstl welcomes new chief executive

Homeland February 15, 2022

Official DPRTE 2022 event partner, Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) has welcomed its new Chief Executive  Dr Paul Hollinshead OBE. Dr Hollinshead has led complex large science and technology programmes in the defence and civil sector for more than 20 years. He joins Dstl from the Defence Nuclear Organisation where he was director warhead. Dr ...

Official DPRTE partner Dstl announces 2022 satellite launch

Homeland February 10, 2022

Official DPRTE event partner, the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl), will launch its first satellites in 2022 in the next phase of growing the UK’s space research capabilities. The satellites demonstrate further progress towards the government’s ambition that by 2030 the UK will have the ability to monitor, protect and defend our ...

DPRTE partner Dstl trials battlefield sensor protection

Land February 4, 2022

Official DPRTE event partner, the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) is researching new materials to improve protection for optical sensors within digital cameras against attacks by lasers. Mounted on a variety of different platforms such as vehicles, ships or aircraft, cameras capture crucial intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) data to ...