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Launch of the Defence Experimentation and Wargaming Hub

Homeland April 17, 2024

Strategic Command unveils the Defence Experimentation and Wargaming Hub at Southwick Park, Defence’s home for wargaming and decision support. Strategic Command’s Deputy Commander, Lieutenant General Tom Copinger-Symes, has formally opened the Defence Experimentation and Wargaming Hub. The facility, developed in partnership with the Defence Science Technology Laboratory (Dstl), will be the ...

Employment trends in defence – new research launched

Homeland January 24, 2024

In July 2023, the Ministry of Defence unexpectedly published a refreshed Defence Command Paper which, amongst other points, acknowledged the importance of personnel in the defence sector, and that more must be done to recruit and retain the defence workforce of the future. In response, Defence Online partnered with the workforce ...

DPRTE 2020 preview: Interview with DIO’s Commercial Director, Jacqui Rock

Land March 31, 2020

As part of our our preview of Defence Procurement, Research, Technology and Exportability (DPRTE) 2020, Defence Online caught up with DIO Commercial Director, Jacqui Rock, ahead of the event taking place on 3rd September at Farnborough International Exhibition Centre. DPRTE is the UK’s leading annual defence procurement and supply chain event, ...

New Dstl project to allow for 3D printed explosives on the front line

Land March 16, 2020

A new technique developed through a Dstl collaboration will allow troops to access 3D printed explosives on the front line. The Dstl Future Energetics Project explores new innovations and helped develop 3D printed explosives capabilities. The energetic formulations for 3D printing are manufactured in a LabRAM resonant acoustic mixer, which uses ...