# Defence Science and Technology Laboratory: UK public-sector contract awards > A public buyer profile built from sourced government contract award notices. ## Key facts - Awards: 1473 - Known award value: £203,576,239 - Distinct contract winners: 728 - First award: 9 November 2013 - Latest award: 26 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 ### [Equipment Upgrade](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-c76f1740-a224-470a-83dc-5358572dbb1c) Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · ROHDE & SCHWARZ U\.K\. LIMITED · £39,469 · 8 March 2022 · awarded ### [Mettler Toledo](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-3c142545-3ec1-414c-9390-e3498b5e251b) Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · METTLER-TOLEDO LIMITED · £107,678 · 23 February 2022 · awarded ### [Metrohm Mira DS](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-cee5c6e1-a944-4a9b-a73b-6a590875276f) Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · METROHM UK LIMITED · £41,051 · 16 February 2022 · awarded ### [Specialty Film](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-f361bd41-0e09-4731-8606-b722ccb89437) Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · PRO-LITE TECHNOLOGY LTD · £91,376 · 8 March 2022 · awarded ### [PhD for 1 Year](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-6c2b1cfd-9dfe-4007-96b5-89d821002a97) Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · 10 March 2022 · open\_tender ### [Milling Vessel and Jacket, additional materials](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-fceae5a1-739a-4efa-8ccd-e7e78190bc36) Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · The Falcon Project Limited · £24,600 · 22 December 2021 · awarded ### [High Speed Phantom Camera](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-23acd2a9-4945-40e3-9f03-3d902e6b7d2e) Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · FISHER SCIENTIFIC U\.K\., LIMITED · £287,813 · 18 January 2022 · awarded ### [STC Internal Furniture](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-979ae67d-3a00-49ed-93a1-65ffcb2833bd) Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · PORTSMOUTH AVIATION LIMITED · £27,490 · 22 February 2022 · awarded ### [ACC2024749\_A Next Generation Surveillance Capability](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-b302b1b1-1555-4fef-a570-4ea2d80b434c) Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · Landguard Systems Ltd\. · £327,878 · 20 January 2022 · awarded ### [Digital Battlespace Deception - INNOVATIVE IDEAS CHALLENGE CALL](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-bf1cd92c-fffb-4c79-8fa1-f869566cce5c) Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · QINETIQ LIMITED · £917,561 · 17 December 2021 · awarded ### [Machine Speed C2 - Enabling Architectures - Phase 1](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-9d0fd566-fe76-43a9-955b-4feb4930deb6) Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · QINETIQ LIMITED · £514,786 · 10 February 2022 · awarded ### [Python Developers to Support the Autonomous Resilient Cyber Defence \(ARCD\) Project](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-8e949c12-1364-4cfd-a2f5-2380e79e151a) Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · METHODS ANALYTICS LIMITED · £983,900 · 9 February 2022 · awarded ### [Ford Transit Custom Van](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-a58f8e1b-232a-4b43-bf32-f8fc996b9ef4) Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · FORD MOTOR COMPANY LIMITED · £24,204 · 29 December 2021 · awarded ### [Very Small Robotics Systems](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-96219c85-3485-4e44-8a26-a85a3212df39) Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER · £85,045 · 22 February 2022 · awarded ### [Fingerprint Oven](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-9afa868c-5c22-41a6-aaa8-d40e9af8f94e) Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · WEISS TECHNIK UK LIMITED · £16,100 · 18 February 2022 · awarded ### [DCEAT WP5 Test & Experimentation: Generation after next Communications Experimentation - National Spectrum Centre](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-6b68dc81-ecb8-4f7f-937e-05c5c87eab2b) Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · QINETIQ LIMITED · £519,442 · 2 February 2022 · awarded ### [DCEAT WP4\.2 Novel Networking Protocols - Agile Networks and Cross Stack Functionality](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-17a7723d-f162-4c87-8682-4d67fc5290d4) Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · QINETIQ LIMITED · £215,108 · 4 February 2022 · awarded ### [Generation after next \(GAN\) LOS/BLOS and control-by-wireless communications system for future swarms](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-09a44374-7f2c-4017-84b7-4c6bbaf92418) Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · QINETIQ LIMITED · £195,435 · 4 February 2022 · awarded ### [Nemo hardware, licenses and ancillaries](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-4057f6b1-2afe-4edc-a30f-1c3170afdbb2) Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · KEYSIGHT TECHNOLOGIES UK LIMITED · £55,087 · 24 February 2022 · awarded ### [Prototype Equipment](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-7afda90d-f973-4b99-8294-0c77c1414a8d) Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · SMYTEC LTD · £63,775 · 8 February 2022 · awarded ### [ACC2025070 Operational Exploitation of Video Geolocation](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-e5f2f03f-9147-4b7e-a67a-c64ef37fcb8f) Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · POLYGEIST LTD · £216,231 · 6 January 2022 · awarded ### [DASA\_Deep Learning Signal Analysis](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-08f93926-b949-47b5-8996-8264bf454cfb) Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · Cyber Defence Service · £243,287 · 30 November 2021 · awarded ### [HMEX SHIELDING REQUIREMENT](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-280cebf5-9720-4c9e-9cb6-48a92765550d) Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · ELECTRON - X LIMITED · £100,000 · 21 February 2022 · awarded ### [AI Enhanced Wargaming](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-45071883-b4b4-474a-b60b-7c0443172b2d) Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · Newman & Spurr Consultancy Ltd · £138,923 · 1 February 2022 · awarded ### [360 Degree Camera Systems](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-f3093564-c42d-4b5e-a0f1-f0d94bf72d11) Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · L3Harris Technologies Inc · £138,060 · 13 January 2022 · awarded Page 46 of 59; 1473 total records.