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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 ...

Dstl trials autonomous maritime asset protection system

Maritime January 31, 2022

In colloboration with the Royal Navy, industry partners and the US Naval Undersea Warfare Centre, official DPRTE event partner, the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl),  has undertaken research to improve detection, tracking, classification and defeat capabilities against surface and subsurface threats to high value assets and critical infrastructure, using ...

NATO trials Dstl standard for counter-drone systems

Air January 11, 2022

SAPIENT successfully facilitated more than 70 connections between systems during technical interoperability exercise, leading to widespread industry adoption. Originally developed by the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) and Innovate UK, SAPIENT is an open software architecture that helps different sensors, interfaces and decision-making modules work together with little or no software engineering, and ...

Icarus advances armoured vehicle protection

Land January 3, 2022

Armoured vehicles could benefit from increased protection against current and future threats under research being conducted by Dstl. Delivered in collaboration through an industrial partnership led by Leonardo, the Icarus Technology Demonstrator Programme has developed and proven the Modular Integrated Protection System (MIPS) architecture. This is designed to enable the flexible teaming ...