# 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 ### [Maximising Telecommunications Satellites Data Bandwidth with Miniature Atom Clocks](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-5392313a-adc9-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b) Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · Plextek Ltd · £85,000 · 27 February 2015 · awarded ### [Robust Secure Communications Using Ultra Narrow-band](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-5387b063-adc9-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b) Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · Plextek Ltd · £70,000 · 27 February 2015 · awarded ### [CDE36973 - 3D Inkjet micro Li Ion batteries](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-2cdabafd-adc9-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b) Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · University of Manchester · £76,614 · 19 December 2014 · awarded ### [CDE37074 - Using a Fabry-perot Fourier-Transform Spectrometer for remote CWA sensing](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-67201cb4-adc9-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b) Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · ABB Canada · £80,688 · 27 November 2014 · awarded ### [CDE38292 - High precision small satellite deployables for synthetic aperture ISR](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-51cecd0c-adc9-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b) Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · Imperial College London · £93,425 · 3 March 2015 · awarded ### [CDE37066 - Improvised Robotic devices](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-2a3cfb04-adc9-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b) Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · Autonomous Devices Limited · £81,078 · 24 November 2014 · awarded ### [CDE37512 - Provide an effective low cost stand-off IED detection system using multi-static radar & a micro UAV platform \(FOREWORN\)](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-51c3e093-adc9-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b) Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · Xenint Ltd · £81,343 · 27 February 2015 · awarded ### [CDE37537 - APPLE Autonomous Platform Protection with Learning Environment](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-333118e2-adc9-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b) Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · RJD Technology Ltd · £61,326 · 12 December 2014 · awarded ### [CDE38104 - Nano-Electric mechanical relay for radiation resistant & high temperature electronics](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-4fb07e90-adc9-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b) Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · University of Bristol · £107,167 · 26 February 2015 · awarded ### [CDE36453 - High Temperature additive manufacturing for rapid manufacture & adaptation of bespoke Miitary Equipment](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-2a319a65-adc9-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b) Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · University of Exeter · £76,435 · 19 November 2014 · awarded ### [CDE36898 - Advancing the additive manufacture of tailored electromagnetic materials AM-TEM](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-3245a38c-adc9-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b) Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · National Physical Laboratory · £79,966 · 9 December 2014 · awarded ### [CDE37780 - MOVEPE HgCdTe avalanche photodiode infrared sensor arrays](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-68be7505-adc9-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b) Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · Selex ES · £49,827 · 12 March 2015 · awarded ### [3D BIL Air Trial](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-a8df539c-adc9-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b) Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · SELEX ES Ltd · £263,668 · 19 December 2013 · awarded ### [Bespoke, Novel CBRN IPE Solutions](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-8b20430b-adc9-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b) Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · Surgical Armoury Ltd · £10,000 · 7 January 2014 · awarded ### [CDE37795 - Automating cyber defence responses](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-3392d65d-adc9-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b) Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · Cyberlytic Ltd · £54,800 · 19 December 2014 · awarded ### [CDE37047 - detection of Airborne chemical hazards](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-2cbd9d85-adc9-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b) Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · Heriot-Watt University · £80,599 · 12 November 2014 · awarded ### [Caitland Receiver Interface Implementation](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-8e3b25ab-adc9-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b) Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · Landguard Systems Ltd · £29,700 · 9 November 2013 · awarded ### [Simplifying User Generation of Realistic Input Models to GPRMax3D](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-ade1a8f3-adc9-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b) Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · University of Edinburgh · £59,467 · 1 October 2014 · awarded ### [Affordable Space Based Capability- Passive Spaceborne SAR: Passive Microsatellite Based SAR for Persistant Large Area Modelling & PAMIR](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-6661c54e-adc9-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b) Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · University of Birmingham · £163,254 · 6 March 2015 · awarded ### [CDE36976 - Airborne Chemical Hazards](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-2a9b05a7-adc9-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b) Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · University of York · £74,178 · 11 November 2014 · awarded ### [CDE37699 - Exploiting synthetic biology for protection integrating blast & ballistic protection into a single lightweight armour](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-4f791c53-adc9-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b) Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · University of Birmingham · £105,346 · 19 February 2015 · awarded ### [CDE38021 - Transcrannial ultrasound for traumatic brain injury - creating a support structure for non-expert users](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-4a07ec7d-adc9-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b) Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · University of Aberdeen · £13,016 · 27 January 2015 · awarded ### [CDE38701 - Coherent Change detection for polarimetric SAR](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-6d8a3057-adc9-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b) Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · Thales UK Ltd · £45,473 · 7 April 2015 · awarded ### [CDE37709 \+ 37740 - Acase based reasoning approach to automating cyber defence responses; An artificial life & swarm intellligence approach to automating cyber defence responses](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-346fd4e7-adc9-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b) Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · University of South Wales · £165,150 · 10 December 2014 · awarded ### [CDE37585 - Games on attack-defence trees](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-33590405-adc9-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b) Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · Noumena research ventures · £72,325 · 4 January 2015 · awarded Page 58 of 59; 1473 total records.