introduction
What is
this DTC about? The
Systems Engineering for Autonomous Systems (SEAS) Defence
Technology Centre (DTC) is the fourth DTC to be established
by the UK Ministry of Defence. The partners in the DTC
consortium are BAE Systems, MBDA, Rolls-Royce, Roke Manor
Research, SELEX Sensors & Airborne Systems, CAE (UK).
Many other organisations, including smaller research
companies and universities, are involved as research
providers. (see participants >>)
The SEAS DTC aims to research innovative
technologies relevant to autonomous systems, at both
whole-system and sub-system level and, through the adoption
of Systems Engineering approaches, to facilitate pull-through
of technology into military capabilities.
It also aims
to learn lessons from the application of Systems Engineering
in this context that can be applied more widely to
management of research and capability acquisition.
Through fundamental research in the
DTC, novel technologies will be developed into system
solutions that can be exploited in a new generation of
unmanned systems in the land, sea and air domains, a
strategically important priority for the MoD. The science
will have particular applications in military areas where
using autonomous vehicles would reduce the costs or hazards
associated with human involvement.
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