DASA Open Call — Defence Rapid Impact (Phase 2)
Helps research teams and institutions for DASA Defence Rapid Impact in defense innovation, artificial intelligence, and cybersecurity.
The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) Open Call for Innovation — Defence Rapid Impact (Phase 2) funds more developed innovations ready for scale-up in the UK defence and security domain. DASA operates under the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) within the UK Ministry of Defence. As with Phase 1, funding is delivered through the Innovation Standard Contract — a procurement vehi…
Defence and security innovation — open / un-themed. Scale-up of demonstrated technology.
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