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TD-Info 2019 Excellence Awards - Results Announced, with Leonardo Overall Winner

The chair of the judges announced the winner of the 2019 Excellence Award at Defence Information '19 event. It is Leonardo for piece of work entitled 'The Best Part to Print: A Process for Down-Selecting Parts for Additive Manufacturing (AM)'. The award was presented at DI'19 to Travis Chamberlain who was the author of this study which was one of the Good Practice Study Group 2018 projects. A summary of the resuts is available for download. Congratulations to all finalists and entrants to this year's Excellence Awards.

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Added: 25th April 2019

Congratulations to DIEManalytics - winner of the TD-Info 2019 Innovation Award

DIEManalytics were presented with their TD-Info 2019 Innovation Award at the Defence Information 2019 event (DI'19). They, and other finalists, had successfully responded to a Challenge set by the MOD: 'Explainable Machine Learning in the context of Defence'. Their entry included a maritime Case Study where AI and MI led to 3 types of explanation: Explicit, Implicit and Relative.   more

Added: 24th April 2019

Big Data for Defence Conference 26-27 June - 20% Discount on Standard Rate for TD-Info members

TD-info are pleased to announce the opportunity for its members to gain a 20% discount on the standard rates for the Big Data for Defence Conference, taking place in London on 26-27 June 2019, organised by IQPC. This conference has presentations and representation from senior international defence figures, including from the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD), as well as from the USA, France, Germany, Sweden, Denmark and NATO. There is a related workshop on 25th June too.   more

Added: 23rd April 2019

MOD publishes Digital & Information Technology Strategy - 10 April 2019

Three documents are available: Digital and information technologies strategy as HTML;

Digital and Information Technology Function infographic as PDF, 406KB, 1 page; and, Digital and information technologies strategy as PDF, 725KB, 20 pages  more

Added: 17th April 2019

Summer School in Through-life Engineering Services: 3 - 7 June at Cranfield University

The 6th Through-life Engineering Services Summer School organized by Cranfield University takes place between the 3rd and the 7th June 2019.   more

Added: 16th April 2019

MOD Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Action Plan 2019-2022

Published 29 March 2019, this Action Plan to 2022 explains how the Ministry of Defence (MOD) is working with Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs)

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Added: 4th April 2019

Industry invited Expressions of Interest in AI Fest 2 Event - Apply by 18 April

Organised by Dstl, the AI Fest 2 event is on 5 June with its theme of ‘Applied AI’ related to Defence and Security related challenges. The morning session for suppliers includes briefs on upcoming AI opportunities from DASA, 1-1s with Programme managers and workshops including on bid writing. This will run in parallel with a government only conference. The afternoon session is open with stands and lighting talks for companies to share innovations, technologies, successes etc. Apply by 18 April  more

Added: 3rd April 2019

First Dstl Searchlight Event is on Radio Frequency (RF,) Software Defined Radio & 5G networks

This Dstl event (3rd May) - supported by trade bodies TD-Info, ADS Group & techUK and facilitated by Lockheed Martin - will focus on three challenges around Radio Frequency (RF,)

Software Defined Radio and 5G networks.   more

Added: 4th March 2019