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DASA has launched the Look Out! Maritime Early Warning Innovations competition which seeks to develop alternative future concepts of Early Warning for the Royal Navy.

UK launches Look out! competition for future maritime early warning tech 17 May 2021 by Richard Scott The United Kingdom has launched a Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) competition, which is aimed at the development and demonstration of novel maritime early warning technologies to enable over-the-horizon (OTH) situational awareness (SA) for maritime task groups. Already a Janes subscriber? Read the full article via the Client Login Share

The Defence and Security Accelerator is scoping capabilities, technologies and initiatives for High Consequence Infectious Disease Medical Evacuation.

An urgent response The coronavirus pandemic prompted an urgent need to find quicker, more efficient ways to clean ambulances. After transporting a patient suspected of having COVID-19, an ambulance cannot be used until it is fully sanitised. Previously, a full clean could take up to two hours, adding strain and delay on an already busy and pressurised service. In March 2020, the Welsh Government approached the Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) for help in finding innovative solutions to ...

What kind of naval early warning system will emerge in the UK to replace Crowsnest? (Graphic: DASA) Carrier Strike Groups and Littoral Strike Groups will need a new kind of early warning capability beyond 2029, the UK MoD believes. The UK RN and Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) launched the Look out! Maritime Early Warning Innovations initiative on 11 May, as they search for proposals to replace the Crowsnest airborne early warning system installed on the Merlin Mk2 helicopter. Currentl...

UK launches competition to improve naval early warning capabilities 12 May 2021 (Last Updated May 12th, 2021 11:44) The competition seeks proposals to improve situational awareness for Royal Navy Carrier and Littoral Strike Groups. Share Article A total of £1.25m funding was allocated for the first phase of the ‘Look out! Maritime Early Warning Innovations’ competition. Credit: © Crown copyright. The UK has launched a new competition seeking...

Crowsnest to be retired by decades’ end By Harry Lye 12 May 2021 (Last Updated May 12th, 2021 16:48) A recent release from the UK’s Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) has said the UK will retire its troubled Crowsnest Airborne Early Warning (AEW) system, which has only just entered initial service, before the end of the decade. Crowsnest AEW helicopters onboard HMS Queen Elizabeth. Image: MOD/ Crown ...

11 May 2021 Royal Navy Carrier and Littoral Strike Groups need a clear picture of the battlespace to ensure surface and airborne threats can be responded to within appropriate timescales. So, in partnership with the Royal Navy, the Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) is pleased to launch the Look out! Maritime Early Warning Innovations competition, which aims to develop alternative future concepts for the Early Warning systems currently deployed in Maritime Task Groups. How much funding is ...

CASE STUDY April 29, 2021 Share A competition was launched by the UK’s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) in an effort to develop an autonomous survey vehicle that could survey rivers and river banks to find sites for troops to cross. Ultrabeam met the challenge. Map the Gap: Creating an Autonomous Marine Survey Vehicle to Find River Crossing Points The solution leverages Applanix technology, including POS MV and Applanix POSPac Mobil...

Windfarm Mitigation for UK Air Defence Phase 2 Competition Up to £3.6 million available to develop innovations to permit the coexistence of future offshore windfarms alongside UK air defence surveillance systems. From: 22 April 2021 The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) is looking for innovations to permit the coexistence of future offshore windfarms alongside UK Air Defence surveillance systems. The Windfarm Mitigations for UK Air Defence Phase 2 competition is interested in ideas s...