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Defence Secretary boosts Britain’s chemical capability

March 20, 2018

Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has announced measures to maintain the UK’s world-leading chemical analysis and defence capability, as he warned of the intensifying threats the country faces in his first keynote speech in the role. Whilst outlining his vision for the ongoing Modernising Defence Programme on a Policy Exchange platform at ...

The MOD has announced that its Dstl and the Home Office’s Centre for Applied Science and Technology (CAST) are to be integrated.

Dstl and CAST integration will further support defence and security

Homeland January 24, 2017

The MOD has announced that its Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) and the Home Office’s Centre for Applied Science and Technology (CAST) are to be integrated. Following a review that examined the best way to provide enduring and appropriate science and technology (S&T) support to the bodies, it was been ...

New Procurement Minister meets Dstl staff at Porton Down

Homeland September 5, 2016

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 ...

Harriet Baldwin MP visits staff at Dstl Porton Down

New Minister meets Dstl staff at Porton Down

August 25, 2016

Just one month after starting in her new role, Harriett Baldwin MP, has visited staff at Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) at Porton Down. Having taken over as Minister for Defence Procurement from Philip Dunne MP, in Prime Minister Theresa May’s reshuffle, Mrs Baldwin was eager to meet staff and see first-hand the ...