The WSRF is a five-year framework to develop and exploit technology to improve complex, conventional and novel weapons technologies. The framework looks to provide improved access for key partners, SMEs and academia to ground-breaking research funding through its innovative enterprise approach.
AMD is one of the first SMEs to benefit from the research framework which is managed by QinetiQ, and their key partners MBDA and Thales.
This contract will fund the early development of AMD’s proprietary technology in carbon-based inks to improve their ability to shield personnel and assets from future threats.
These highly conductive inks also have the potential to offer significant benefits in size, weight and cost reduction across a whole range of systems.
Commenting John Lee, CEO of AMD said, “Materials science and nanotechnology have a significant role to play in protecting lives and realising game-changing improvements in performance, safety and lifespan of future systems. We specialise in accelerating this type of technology to solve some of the most fundamental problems of our time. We are proud to be bringing our specialist expertise in these fields to grow the UK MOD’s knowledge in, and access to, these technologies.
“Several elements of our proprietary technology to develop the specialist inks have benefitted greatly from the support of Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) funding. This highlights the vital role that DASA and Dstl play in finding potential amongst early technologies with small businesses like us.”
