DASA Open Call — Emerging Innovations (Phase 1)
Offers research teams and institutions for DASA Emerging Innovations in defense innovation, artificial intelligence, and cybersecurity.
The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) Open Call for Innovation — Emerging Innovations (Phase 1) is a continuously open competition that funds early-stage, less mature innovations relevant to UK defence and security. DASA is a unit of the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl), which sits within the UK Ministry of Defence. Unlike traditional grants, funding is delivered via the Inno…
Defence and security innovation — open / un-themed. Any technology area relevant to UK defence or security.
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