The benefits of using helium in children’s party balloons have long been recognised. The fact that it is much lighter than air and, unlike hydrogen, not flammable makes it ideal for the task. But what is almost certainly less well …
New innovative concepts for sonar can arise from studying how nature has solved numerous problems helped by millions of years of evolution. Here’s a question….what is the loudest animal on earth size for size? A blue whale (favourite answer of …
What is the UK-French MCM ITP? What does it deliver? And how do you get so many different participants together to share their ideas for future technologies? Mark Owen explains here. The Materials and Components for Missiles Innovation and Technology …
An international crisis requires information to be created quickly, amended quickly and communicated instantly to a multilingual audience. E-learning is able to reinforce classroom content with ‘flipped learning’, providing interactive and video content in advance of classroom training, leading to …
The National Security Strategy and Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR), published at the end of 2015, recognised that the UK is a global leader in science, technology, medicine, energy, and the creative industries. Many new ideas and funding …
If you received a gift of a pair of socks this Christmas, you may reflect for a moment on the importance of these small articles of clothing and a history of innovation. In 1914-18, protecting soldiers from trench foot meant …
ASV is a small and medium sized enterprise (SME) based in Portchester. We design, build and operate a wide range of unmanned marine vehicles, delivering over 70 systems to 10 different countries. We have benefited from funding from across government - …
You are an innovator and have a great idea that will benefit defence. How do you find a way into the market and find advice and support to develop your idea and take this forward to success? Enter the Small …
As part of a new effort to Catalyse Innovation through Defence Science and Technology, MOD recently hosted a 'hackathon'. MODHACK 2015 - Mining the Deep Web – provided an opportunity for software teams to explore the web, using tools from …