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How to submit a proposal to the Defence and Security Accelerator
Suppliers of science and technology research can sign up to R-Cloud to access opportunities from across the Ministry of Defence (MOD).
This guidance explains our competition process and how your proposal is assessed.
Guidance on the many ways for suppliers to work with the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl), the science inside UK defence and security.
Development of a standard approach for AI and autonomy in networked multi-sensor systems in security and defence.
View highlights of some of our most recently published research on this page. You can also download a complete list of our published research.
Scratch the surface and experience innovation first-hand at the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl).
Guidance for practitioners involved in the recovery of evidential fingermarks.
An introduction to thinking about the future: the benefits, key futures concepts, and some of the pitfalls.
Earn, learn and grow new skills as an apprentice at the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory.
Guide to the capture, retrieval, storage or use of evidential digital images, and associated audio and metadata.
Dstl ensures the UK armed forces have the required weapons capability through research, development and demonstration of advances in science and technology.
A short guide to artificial intelligence (AI), data science and machine learning, explaining the terminology and helping you use and apply the latest advances.
How suppliers can participate in our frameworks and how customers can use Dstl frameworks to procure science and technology (S&T) research.
Information for UK academic institutions, research groups or research centres about calls for PhD funding.
Procedure and supporting guidance to help police forces prepare their own policies for retrieving native video and audio from CCTV systems.
This guidance sets out the process for determining whether governance approval and ethics review is required for research undertaken, funded or sponsored by MOD.
You can access defence science and technology research via our central repository, and submit your own research.
Dstl ensures the UK can develop and exploit new sensor technologies for our defence and security, to find and assess potential threats and give information to decision-makers.
Guidance for suppliers of science and technology research who sign up to R-Cloud and R-Cloud+ to access opportunities from across the Ministry of Defence (MOD).
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