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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 new proposals to enhance early warning capabilities of the naval forces. The ‘Look out! Maritime ...

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 Copyright. Share Article DASA has partnered with the Royal Navy on a £1.25 competition for ‘innov...

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 available? £1.25 million is available for Phase 1 of the competition, with a maximum of £250k for ...

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 Mobile Mapping Suite, an industry-leading software for direct georeferencing of mobile mapping sensors us...

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 such as alternative technologies that could: reduce radar clutter caused by offshore windfarms ensure...