UK: £2.8m innovation funding to boost detection of explosives, weapons and illicit drugs


DASA launches competition to find and develop new technology to screen people, possessions, goods, vehicles, areas and buildings

The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) is launching a £2.8 million competition to find state of the art and technological solutions for the improved detection of explosives, weapons and illicit drugs.

The Innovative Research Call (IRC) 2020 for Explosives and Weapons Detection is a cross-governmental programme that seeks proposals from industry and academia for the screening of people and/or their possessions, goods, vehicles, and buildings and areas.

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Source: GOV.UK