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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 ...

Novel human augmentation innovations

Homeland May 5, 2023

The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) is pleased to launch a new Themed Competition called Human Augmentation. Human Augmentation (HA) refers to the use of science or technology to temporarily or permanently modify human performance. This encompasses a range of technologies, including exoskeletons, wearables, genetics, brain interfaces, pharmaceuticals, and bioinformatics. This Themed Competition aims ...

DPRTE partner Dstl announces dates for SMEs webinar series

Homeland September 3, 2021

DPRTE official event partner, the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) has announced dates for a new series of webinars designed to help small and medium-sized enterprises work with the defence sector. The events were trailed by Interim Chief Executive Doug Umbers at Dstl’s hugely successful Supercharging Science industry event on 22 July ...

More opportunities for UK suppliers… Expert opinion from Les Mosco on DCI webinar

Land June 18, 2021

DCI and DPRTE recently hosted the first in a series of webinars on ‘New opportunities from the Integrated Review’. In the first of a three-part series presented by DCI and DPRTE, the webinar  – Inside Track: New Opportunities from the Integrated Defence Review – the webinar explored some of the key ...