Map the Gap Phase 3 — Riverine Relief
Supports United Kingdom teams with aerial systems for terrain and river assessments that improve operational safety.
Map the Gap Phase 3, subtitled Riverine Relief, is a UKDI competition run on behalf of the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) and the British Army, representing the third iteration of a program that has run since 2020. The competition funds novel sensing technologies deployable from uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAS) to address two specific operational needs: measuring ground bearing cap…
Ground bearing capacity measurement from unmanned aerial systems and underwater river profiling via UAS-deployed sensors to reduce risk to British Army personnel during terrain reconnaissance.
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