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SCISYS has been awarded a contract by the Ministry of Defence to deliver further research and software development services to the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl). The contract, awarded through the MOD’s Framework Agreement for Technical Support – Design and Engineering (FATS D&E), comprises an initial one-year phase of work ...


Earlier this week, UK’s Maritime Autonomy Surface Testbed (MAST), an unmanned surface vessel (USV) based on the innovative Bladerunner hull shape, underwent tidal trials on the Thames.

Thames trials for MAST

Maritime September 8, 2016

Earlier this week, UK’s Maritime Autonomy Surface Testbed (MAST), an unmanned surface vessel (USV) based on the innovative Bladerunner hull shape, underwent tidal trials on the Thames. Currently being developed by ASV Ltd under Dstl funding, MAST provides the MOD with a testbed for new technologies allowing them to test and evolve ...


The new Minister for Defence Procurement recently visited the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) at Porton Down. Harriett Baldwin MP came to see at first hand the world-leading science and technology carried out at the site. Mrs Baldwin, formerly Economic Secretary to the Treasury, took over from Philip Dunne MP in ...


RFA Mounts Bay has assisted in a Danish-led mission to remove chemicals from Libya. The operation has seen the removal of the last materials, which could be used to manufacture chemical weapons, following the Libyan Government of National Accord request for support from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons ...


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