First SMEs secure funding through Weapons Sector Research Framework Advanced Material Development (AMD) has announced that it has secured its first contract under the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) Weapons Sector Research Framework (WSRF), worth £125,000.
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.