# Defence Science and Technology Laboratory: UK public-sector contract awards

> A public buyer profile built from sourced government contract award notices.

## Key facts

- Awards: 1472
- Known award value: £202,530,405
- Distinct contract winners: 728
- First award: 9 November 2013
- Latest award: 23 September 2026

## Top contract winners

- [Qinetiq](/contract-winners/qinetiq/public-sector-contract-awards): 59 awards
- BAE SYSTEMS \(FARNBOROUGH 3\) LIMITED: 36 awards
- [Frazer Nash Consultancy](/contract-winners/frazer-nash-consultancy/public-sector-contract-awards): 29 awards
- [The University of Strathclyde](/contract-winners/university-of-strathclyde/public-sector-contract-awards): 20 awards
- [ROKE MANOR RESEARCH LIMITED](/contract-winners/roke-manor-research/public-sector-contract-awards): 20 awards

## Contract awards

### [Knife Detection Technologies - System Development](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-41244c39-6e09-40d9-8102-07e8c8632817)

Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · THRUVISION SYSTEMS LTD · £71,710 · 24 October 2022 · awarded

### [Feedly for Market Intelligence, Advanced Edition, one year subscription\.](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-589b8335-2349-4259-9bb4-0561be786228)

Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · Feedly, Inc\. · £19,200 · 25 October 2022 · awarded

### [ACC2027527 - Regeneration of Expired Para-Aramids](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-ddf10480-3ecc-4329-9620-441b46cc5de4)

Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · UPLIFT360 LIMITED · £115,396 · 7 November 2022 · awarded

### [AST186 Creating Concepts](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-ea255dae-6f29-4543-8fd7-aecb27ed80de)

Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · BAE SYSTEMS \(FARNBOROUGH 3\) LIMITED · £121,713 · 31 October 2022 · awarded

### [FlexRadio Purchase](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-ee60399e-005c-4f4e-b2d4-4dfe8ac34dab)

Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · Bronze Bear Communications Inc · £76,805 · 8 November 2022 · awarded

### [BlackTree Purchase](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-dc5324c1-bc37-4d02-af24-caec4514fb5c)

Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · BLACKTREE TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED · £45,132 · 8 November 2022 · awarded

### [ACC2028489 - MIR \(mid-infrared\) power handling\.](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-11629483-87f1-4bf2-8e8f-e16f41a5aa61)

Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM · £99,999 · 26 October 2022 · awarded

### [3 Year PhD - University of Strathclyde](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-963bcdee-a3e4-4c33-8a51-13aae539484c)

Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · University of Strathclyde · £152,636 · 3 October 2022 · awarded

### [3 Year PhD - Cranfield](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-b5b409f6-8c1b-4268-b52c-9cdf75570995)

Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY · £115,466 · 3 October 2022 · awarded

### [4 Year PhD](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-dea87ffe-16fe-42ab-8b3e-5d79526935fd)

Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · University Of Southampton · £63,500 · 10 November 2022 · awarded

### [DSTL0000006539\_Southampton 2\_PhD](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-0a1e9bef-e3ea-427b-bcf7-049890f4ebab)

Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · University Of Southampton · £82,668 · 3 October 2022 · awarded

### [DSTL0000006538\_Southampton 1](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-419909a1-468f-4b55-8c3c-a0b33f2a4548)

Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · University Of Southampton · £82,668 · 3 October 2022 · awarded

### [Supply of Heat Flow Calorimeter](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-6534191f-4c72-46bf-8d89-799417075c4f)

Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · Waters Limited · £202,524 · 26 October 2022 · awarded

### [Hecla2 glider support](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-6e485bd9-1dff-409c-87e6-0967b7040d29)

Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE · £504,457 · 28 October 2022 · awarded

### [Machine-Deep Learning for Wireless Signal Classification](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-5707fbf2-44a7-445b-9760-40f84afd4b3d)

Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · Northeastern University · £379,348 · 20 October 2022 · awarded

### [Study into Autonomous Capabilities with L3 Harris](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-d8951067-1363-474c-8860-a07b22b8e94b)

Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · L3HARRIS TRL TECHNOLOGY LIMITED · £311,605 · 13 October 2022 · awarded

### [C68 - A review of trends in communications technology and the implications for communications electronic surveillance](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-9f76887f-aa86-491c-8e46-2c7221ee9621)

Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · ROKE MANOR RESEARCH LIMITED · £138,900 · 28 October 2022 · awarded

### [Hijacking Hoppers Mansturation](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-5800bff3-79bb-4fb9-8eba-f060f9ef8424)

Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · MD1 TECHNOLOGY LIMITED · £652,900 · 11 October 2022 · awarded

### [Quantum Computing Application to ISR](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-8ed41498-10f3-4dc2-a7aa-e648bc64b06b)

Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · QINETIQ LIMITED · £150,079 · 21 October 2022 · awarded

### [ACC2032344 - moore\.AI: Using novel multi-objective optimisation techniques to accelerate the design of Solid Rocket Motors\.](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-a7ca50d7-1d8c-4715-8ac3-d3a81dbec0b6)

Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · SMALLSPARK SPACE SYSTEMS LIMITED · £292,566 · 18 October 2022 · awarded

### [ASTRID Task 166 - COTS Tools Enhancements](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-01035fd5-d359-4dcc-9ea3-dc4beebd9712)

Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · BAE SYSTEMS \(FARNBOROUGH 3\) LIMITED · £452,967 · 7 October 2022 · awarded

### [Material Characterisation of Aircraft Structures](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-6cae923f-1d0b-4a8f-a0d8-625472faaf79)

Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON LIMITED · £56,916 · 28 October 2022 · awarded

### [IT Health Check](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-8dc4bd8f-2616-47d5-9f15-0ba2f5cc49b5)

Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · CGI IT UK LIMITED · £17,954 · 19 October 2022 · awarded

### [DCEAT WP4\.6 Operational Agility - Generation After Next \(GAN\) Intelligent Spectrum Sensing and Gaming](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-3babaff4-5860-4574-9a53-86014469339f)

Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · QINETIQ LIMITED · £300,000 · 11 October 2022 · awarded

### [WP 1 DCEAT Application of Novel Materials for Generation after next \(GAN\) RF LOS/BLOS communications systems](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-e795896f-37de-4c4d-b47b-fea12863163e)

Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · QINETIQ LIMITED · £399,985 · 16 September 2022 · awarded

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