The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) has this week celebrated its first anniversary; the culmination of a year’s worth of defence innovation. The Accelerator was initially launched in December 2016 as part of the Defence Innovation Initiative with a mandate for finding and funding exploitable innovations – those technologies with potential ...
Defence Minister Harriett Baldwin has unveiled a cutting-edge new armour project, which will protect troops from bullets on the battlefield. Mrs Baldwin made the announcement as visited the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) at Porton Down where she was able to speak with scientists who are creating a lighter, more ...
The Defence Minister Harriett Baldwin has revealed a new cutting-edge fingerprint technology aimed at targeting criminals. The technology uses an innovative chemical to recover fingerprints from surfaces that were previously extremely challenging or even impossible to work with, making them visible so that forensic scientists can identify guilty individuals. This includes items ...
The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) has appointed Gary Aitkenhead as its new Chief Executive. Mr Aitkenhead will formally take up post on 1 January 2018 as he replaces outgoing David Marsh, who has been Acting Chief Executive since the previous Chief Executive Jonathan Lyle left the organisation in September. He brings ...