UK invests £580 million in new defence laboratory at Porton Down
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Ministry of Defence
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The UK government is investing £580 million over four years into the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl), including funding for a new world-leading laboratory at the Porton Down research site. Dstl specializes in cutting-edge defence technologies and notably analyzed the Novichok nerve agent used by Russia in the 2018 Salisbury attack. The funding is part of the forthcoming Defence Investment Plan.
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· 3 pulledExpert UK scientists working on the most innovative defence technologies will be backed by £580 million of infrastructure funding over the next four years, including to build a new world-leading new laboratory and expand their research.
The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) is dedicated to cutting-edge research into new science and technologies for defence
in 2018 its site at Porton Down notably analysed samples of the military-grade Novichok nerve agent used by Russia on UK soil.
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