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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 speed up the cleaning of ambulances. Shortly afterwards, a call was launched, receiving over 200 res...

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. Currently, the MoD plans to take the delay-plagued Crowsnest out of service in 2029. Existing maritime early...