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DASA seeks innovations to help develop the first generation of ... (GOV.UK)

DASA has launched an Innovation Focus Area called, Making Science Fiction a Reality: Future Directed Energy Weapons · Funding provided by the Defence Science and ...

This IFA is seeking innovations that will help contribute to the development of the first generation of deployed Directed Energy Weapons across Land, Sea and Air domains. For example, innovations that improve: [Read the full IFA and submit your proposal](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/defence-and-security-accelerator-dasa-open-call-for-innovation/open-call-innovation-focus-areas#IFA035).

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Environment Agency continues crucial work to protect fisheries ... (GOV.UK)

This summer was an unprecedented time for EA officers protecting rivers and fisheries across England amidst extreme weather and continuous hot temperatures.

The Voluntary Bailiff Service is an important partnership between the Angling Trust and Environment Agency, empowering anglers to support the police and the Environment Agency in fighting back against fisheries crime and protecting fish and fisheries especially during Operation Lungfish. Operation Lungfish activity included Fisheries Enforcement Officers in the North East targeting illegal angling taking place overnight at vulnerable locations such as weir and bridge pools. Protecting fish and fisheries from poachers and fish thieves and increasing rod licence compliance is of great importance to all anglers.

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£1.5 million available to experiment on CHERI architecture within ... (GOV.UK)

DASA has launched a new Themed Competition: CHERI within Defence and Security; Funded by Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) Cyber Programme ...

Do you have an innovative project to test the CHERI based architecture in a defence setting? Successful proposals will be provided with the Morello board to trial and evaluate the effect of the new technologies within their defence systems. Run on behalf of the [Defence Science and Technology Laboratory](https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/defence-science-and-technology-laboratory) (Dstl) Cyber Programme, this competition seeks proposals to experiment and trial the effects of the CHERI (Capability Hardware Enhanced RISC Instructions) based architecture extensions within Arm’s Morello prototype System on Chip (SoC) for defence and security. Using this technology, Arm has designed a prototype SoC and development board, called the Morello board, the world’s first industrial quality implementation of CHERI. CHERI (Capability Hardware Enhanced RISC Instructions) is the key underpinning technology that addresses memory safety issues and enables fine grain protection of applications. Cyber security needs to keep pace with the rapid evolution of technologies, and currently, a lot of time, effort and money is spent on patching systems so they are more secure.

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Special feature: How GAD uses data science to enhance our service ... (GOV.UK)

Data science is the combination of programming code and statistical knowledge to extract understanding and insight from data.

At the same time we are deploying advanced statistical methods to improve our understanding of the issues faced by our clients, enabling more impactful advice, and ultimately better outcomes for the UK. Each project challenged the student to use data science techniques to analyse real world data. - Geographic analysis - do the characteristics of schemes different between different UK regions? We provided the client with a clean, centralised database of key data fields from the heat decarbonisation plans. We were able to re-run the exercise quickly when more information came to light. In the rest of this article, we set out how our clients have already begun to experience the benefits of this commitment. Not all the required information was available at the start of the project. It is usually based on on the number of multi-letter chunks that they share. The heat decarbonisation plans received for each school contained a variety of Word, PDF and Excel files. [analysis of experience dashboard](https://www.gov.uk/government/case-studies/analysis-of-experience-dashboard) is used to analyse changes in membership between valuations. Building on the increased programming expertise required for data science, we have developed several dashboards which are used internally to automate processes which are repeated regularly. Read more about the secondment experience of one GAD member of staff in

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UK experts drive Peru's ongoing response to February's oil spill in ... (GOV.UK)

Information about the workshop on response to marine pollution delivered with Peruvian authorities on September 2022.

But it’s one the Peruvian government is responding to, in both managing the aftermath of the disaster and thinking longer-term. The workshop concluded with a table-top exercise in which lessons learned from the previous days were tested and cemented. It also included presentations from UK Deputy to the Secretary of State’s Representative for Maritime and Salvage, and sessions from oiled wildlife response organisation Aiuka. The UK is proud to be supporting this alongside our broad environmental work in Peru. This 4-day workshop brought together over 50 representatives from Peruvian environment, fisheries and coastguard sectors, including officers from the Minister of Environment, the National Park Service and coastal municipalities. We have had an excellent week of workshops with good engagement and discussions.

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