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A NEW state-of-the-art Ministry of Defence innovation centre has opened.

A NEW state-of-the-art Ministry of Defence innovation centre has opened.

The project marks a £5.7m collaboration between the MOD, Dorset Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) and Dorset Council. Dorset boasts a particularly strong defence sector and is home to many MOD establishments, such as the Army’s Armoured Trial and Development Unit in Bovington, the Royal Corps of Signals training centre in Blandford and the training area at Lulworth Cove, which is used by all elements of the UK’s Armed Forces. Brigadier Matt Cansdale, British Army, Head Future Force Development, said: “We are delighted that the Army and Defence BattleLab remains on course for com...

The British Army has unveiled a new pixelated Minecraft-style 'digital camouflage' that makes tanks 80 per cent harder to spot on the battlefield. Trained soldiers find it far more difficult to see the machines when they are covered with the MCDC 5 design, rather than the usual 'bog standard green'. The new pattern is made up of squares that look like scrambled pixels on a digital screen and has slashed the detection rate to 20 per cent. Officers at the Armoured Trials and Development Unit in Bovington, Dorset, launched the project, dubbed 'Hide, Deceive, Survive'. Lieutenant Colonel Rob Pag...