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Automation and Machine Intelligence

December 8, 2016

A new event has been launched by Dstl, which is open to businesses, organisations, innovators and academics. By collaborating with the Digital Catapult Centre, there is some £100,000 available for research into how automation and machine intelligence can analyse data to enhance decision making in the defence and security sectors. The Dstl ...

ADF plans for future through analytical wargaming

Land October 20, 2016

Analytical seminar wargaming is being used by defence researchers to provide advice on future-proofing for the Australian Defence Force (ADF) and to determine the impact of modernisation decisions within its land force. The wargames are being used as part of analytical campaigns to identify and understand the breakpoints within the set ...

EU maritime defence industry booming

Maritime October 10, 2016

A recent study commissioned by the EDA has shown that exports are booming for EU manufacturers of military vessels and submarines. Despite difficult conditions in a turbulent global naval market, where exports from Chinese, Russian and South Korean shipyards are growing, the quality of European manufacturing helps to keep its ...

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 ...