This is the first of two opportunities to hear about future ways to work with the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) and have your say. The sessions will cover the same content on both days (21 and 22 March), and are to update suppliers, and conduct early market engagement* for the following Research and Development defence categories:

• Platform Systems, Autonomous systems and Survivability (PSAS)
• Cyber, Sensing, Comms & Networks, Information Systems and Electromagnetic Activities (CSIS)
• Data Science & AI
• Space Systems

Dstl will propose ideas for how they can streamline their ways of working, facilitate collaboration and grow a healthy and dynamic supply chain.

All Searchlight Webinars will be conducted by MS Teams.

*This is not a request for a full proposal or bid, nor should it be taken to be a call for competition, it is purely to obtain information from early engagement with the market. Announcements may also be published on the Defence Sourcing Portal and Contracts Finder etc.