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Virtual ‘hangar’ to serve as shared repository for aviation concepts

Air November 17, 2023

The ‘hangar’, or the Aviation Concepts Environment (ACE), will open up to Dstl, Front Line Commands and invited industry partners. The ACE is due to open its digital doors in December 2023, and is not only for generation-after-next concepts. It’s also for anything which has the potential to protect and enhance the UK ...

UK research into mine detecting drones could change land warfare

Land October 17, 2023

Drones equipped with cutting-edge sensors to detect ground mines and explosives are being researched by UK scientists and could alter the face of land warfare. Scientists and engineers at the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) are conducting crucial research into the new drone technology, which would see mined areas cleared ...

X-ray robot could save lives on the battlefield

Land October 4, 2023

A pioneering X-ray robot designed to detect weapons and explosives is a step closer to saving lives on the battlefield. Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) experts have run field trials on a Rapiscan American Science and Engineering produced prototype that uses X-Ray Backscatter (XRBS) imaging technology mounted on a L3Harris T7 remote-controlled robot. This would ...

Learning from AI with gaming

Homeland August 25, 2023

Dstl has taken part in a two-day workshop run by the Machine Speed Command and Control (MSC2) project on artificial intelligence (AI). The innovative workshop was run by one of the MSC2 partners, Cambridge Consultants, with the aim of building a common understanding of the opportunities and challenges of AI. Much of ...