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AI-powered drone technology has been successfully trialled to identify landmines and explosive ordnance.
Scientists from the UK and the US tested and explored what it would take for medics to delegate high-stakes decisions to AI on the battlefield.
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Creating a capability to test UK defensive aid systems (DAS) in real-world flight conditions before integration onto frontline aircraft.
Dstl helps deliver the UK's contribution to the Five Eyes science and technology group, a long‑standing international partnership collaborating on defence and security research activities.
Dstl develops an open source framework to standardise, test, and speed up innovation in sensor fusion and tracking for modern defence operations.
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