Defence Science and Technology Laboratory

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Dstl marks 25 years as an OPCW Designated Laboratory, maintaining elite global status in chemical weapons verification and a critical UK sovereign capability.

Secure by Design Problem Book
Guidance
Lessons learnt from the ‘Secure by Design’ approach adopted by MOD which ensures security is designed into any project delivering capabilities or services.

Lightweight portable oxygen system to save lives
Press release
New compact and lightweight portable oxygen delivery system will improve safety and can be deployed immediately for use by frontline medics.

British soldiers have successfully tracked, targeted and defeated swarms of drones in the latest trial of a new directed energy weapon developed in the UK.

British soldiers are to be better shielded from danger as a new high-tech, remote-controlled mine plough system is put through its paces.

UK hypersonic research, which could see weapons travelling at several thousand miles per hour, has reached a landmark moment after successful completion of a major testing programme.

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