Microsoft PowerPoint - Military sci+tech - AOAV conf Jul23.pptx The military influence on UK science and technology Dr Stuart Parkinson Presentation at ‘A Disarming Debate’ conference, 18 July 2023 – organised by Action on Armed Violence References listed in the final slides 1 UK military policies and technologies 2 UK military: key info • One of the world’s most heavily . [...] Advanced materials – incl. using nanotechnology, synthetic biology 2. [...] Effector technologies – incl. for cyber weapons, directed energy weapons • NATO’s new DIANA programme • EU’s European Defence Fund • And more… • Main source: Parkinson (2022) [image credit: RAF] 8 UK military research & development: funding relationships Ministry of Defence (MOD) Arms industry (mainly UK) MOD labs UK universities • Govt military R&D spending in 2021: £1.8bn • Overwhelming majori. [...] Atomic Weapons Establishment • William Penney Fellowships • Institute of Shock Physics, Imperial College London 2. [...] Autonomous systems research • 13 key universities/ institutions, incl. Imperial College London, Cambridge, Oxford • Wide range of military funders across govt and industry • Research often not ‘security classified’ • AWE William Penney Fellowships, named after leader of team that designed Britain’s first atomic bomb, are “professorships and funding awarded by AWE to leading academics at UK unive.
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