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Technicolour breakthrough reveals hidden threats
Dstl scientists are in the early stages of devising an innovative colourless spray which reacts to chemical warfare agents by changing colour, clearly identifying surfaces which have been contaminated.

Dye being dropped into a test tube

The Protectors
The work of the Chemical Technologies Team (CTT), which is part of the Environmental Technologies Group, focuses on the environmental impact brought about by Dstl/MOD activities or legacy issues.

Protectors

Dstl's unsung heroes
The conflict in Iraq was the biggest deployment of scientists to the field since the second world war. Dstl's staff were a major constituent of that effort and continue to be an essential part of the ongoing Operation Telic.

Iraq medal

The Experimentation station
The Applied Research Technical Demonstrator (ARTD) is rapidly becoming one of the biggest and brightest jewels in the Dstl crown.

Abstract

Faster, harder, stronger
A Dstl team has supported the MOD in seeking approval for the first phase of development of the Future Rapid Effect System (FRES) - a family of vehicles that will become the back bone of the British Army after 2010 and introduce radical new technologies to the battlefield.

Fres

Operation Telic – the mobilisation of Dstl
Operation Telic – the name given to the 2003 mobilisation to the Gulf by British Forces – constituted one of the biggest deployments by UK services in recent history. And it was a conflict where Dstl played a vital role.

Soldier with ammo

Second skin
Plasma polymerisation could eventually revolutionise the textiles industry and Dstl is at the forefront of research into its surprising qualities.

Plasma polymerisation

No escape
Dstl designers have developed powerful and sophisticated computer software that can test air-to-air missiles from the drawing board stage to combat.

Fighter Aircraft

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