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Defence Technology Centre

Defence Technology Centre

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A Defence Technology Centre carries out military science
Military science
Military science is the process of translating national defence policy to produce military capability by employing military scientists, including: theorists, researchers, experimental scientists, applied scientists, designers, engineers, test technicians, and military personnel responsible for...

 research on behalf of the UK government. They are consortia with members from industry, universities as well as QinetiQ
QinetiQ
QinetiQ is an international defence technology company, formed from the greater part of the former UK government agency, Defence Evaluation and Research Agency , when it was split up in June 2001...

. They are organised by scientific themes. There are currently four DTCs. One for Human Factors
Human factors
Human factors is a term that covers:* The science of understanding the properties of human capability .* The application of this understanding to the design, development and deployment of systems and services .* The art of ensuring successful application of Human Factors Engineering to a programme...

 Integration, one on Electromagnetic Remote Sensing
Remote sensing
Remote sensing is the small or large-scale acquisition of information of an object or phenomenon, by the use of either recording or real-time sensing device that are wireless, or not in physical or intimate contact with the object...

, one on Data and Information Fusion and one on Autonomous and Semi Autonomous Vehicles.
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A Defence Technology Centre carries out military science
Military science
Military science is the process of translating national defence policy to produce military capability by employing military scientists, including: theorists, researchers, experimental scientists, applied scientists, designers, engineers, test technicians, and military personnel responsible for...

 research on behalf of the UK government. They are consortia with members from industry, universities as well as QinetiQ
QinetiQ
QinetiQ is an international defence technology company, formed from the greater part of the former UK government agency, Defence Evaluation and Research Agency , when it was split up in June 2001...

. They are organised by scientific themes. There are currently four DTCs. One for Human Factors
Human factors
Human factors is a term that covers:* The science of understanding the properties of human capability .* The application of this understanding to the design, development and deployment of systems and services .* The art of ensuring successful application of Human Factors Engineering to a programme...

 Integration, one on Electromagnetic Remote Sensing
Remote sensing
Remote sensing is the small or large-scale acquisition of information of an object or phenomenon, by the use of either recording or real-time sensing device that are wireless, or not in physical or intimate contact with the object...

, one on Data and Information Fusion and one on Autonomous and Semi Autonomous Vehicles.

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