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Dstl’s Moonlight radar system to help protect UK military

Homeland November 20, 2018

Using Artificial Intelligence (AI), scientists at the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) are shining a light on enemy radars by using a world-leading radar tracking system to help protect UK military personnel and their equipment during operations around the world. Thousands of radars exist globally, many of which are being ...

SEA to lead integration research & development for MOD

Land November 6, 2018

SEA is leading the physical and technical software integration of soldier personal area networks with the British Army’s current body armour and load carrying systems, as part of the Ministry of Defence’s (MoD) research and development. On behalf of the Soldier, Training and Special Projects team from the MoD’s Defence Equipment ...

Dstl seeking innovation in machine learning for combat modelling

Homeland October 16, 2018

Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) is working with Digital Catapult to look at solutions in combat modelling in new open call. Digital Catapult is organising and facilitating a Pit Stop (similar to a “hackathon”) event with the aim of identifying innovative ideas for the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and ...

Dstl study how future wars might be won with CUE wargames

Land October 10, 2018

While soldiers took to the streets in Canada to take part in the Contested Urban Environment (CUE) exercise last month, top analysts from Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) worked in the background to model how future wars might be fought and won. The exercise in Montreal involved scientists and technical ...