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Alasdair Gilchrist MBE: saving lives at sea
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After serving on HMS Sheffield during the Falklands conflict, Alasdair now advances naval technology and helps save sailors’ lives through his work at Dstl.
New partnership reaffirms Dstl's commitment to inclusion
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The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) has teamed up with Women in Data as part of ongoing work to address the gender imbalance in science and technology.
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Dstl employs some of the world’s brightest people. We’re always on the lookout for talented, creative, dedicated and innovative individuals to join us.
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.
New Dstl site in Newcastle will specialise in artificial intelligence and data science and work with regional partners
Industry and academia invited to free Supercharging Science 2022 networking and engagement event in Wales, as MOD launches ambitious new science programmes.
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Salisbury
Wiltshire
SP4 0JQ (Alternative postcode for some sat-nav systems: SP4 0JG)
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