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=== Leadership ===

* [[Martin Earwicker]] (2001–06): chief executive from its creation in 2001, until he left in 2006 for the [[Science Museum, London|Science Museum]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Michael |title=Wanted: gadget wizard to replace the real life Q |url=https://www.thetimes.co.ukcom/article/wanted-gadget-wizard-to-replace-the-real-life-q-8zm9v63rgt2 |access-date=10 September 2020 |work=[[The Times]] |date=16 July 2006}}</ref>

* [[Frances Saunders (scientist)|Frances Saunders]] (2006–11): took over as acting chief executive in May 2006<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/cm200607/cmselect/cmdfence/84/6112802.htm |title=House of Commons – Defence – Minutes of Evidence |year=2011 |work=parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120829024416/http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/cm200607/cmselect/cmdfence/84/6112802.htm|archive-date=29 August 2012 |url-status=dead |access-date=12 June 2011}}</ref> and was appointed as chief executive in August 2007.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dstl.gov.uk/downloads/15-08-07.pdf |title=Press release: Heading up Defence Science – New Chief Executive appointed at Dstl |date=16 August 2007 |website=dstl.gov.uk |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928062654/http://www.dstl.gov.uk/downloads/15-08-07.pdf |archive-date=28 September 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2007/nov/20/highereducationprofile.academicexperts |title=Interview: Frances Saunders &#124; Education &#124; The Guardian |last=Gilbert |first=Natasha |date=20 November 2007 |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=12 June 2011 |___location=London |issn=0261-3077 |oclc=60623878}}</ref> On 29 June 2011, Saunders announced to staff that her post had been advertised and that she would not be applying.<ref>Global email to all staff dated 29/6/11</ref>

* [[Jonathan Lyle]] (2012–17): formerly Director of the Programme Office at Dstl, placed into an acting role and was appointed in March 2012.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/jonathan-lyle-named-as-new-dstl-chief-executive |title=Jonathan Lyle named as new Dstl Chief Executive |access-date=16 February 2014 |publisher=[[Government of the United Kingdom|GOV.UK]]}}</ref>

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* Integrated [[Survivability]] (IS);

* Platform Systems (PS);

* Weapons.<ref>Government Online, [http://www.government-online.net/r-cloud-framework-renewal-ministry-of-defence/ R-Cloud Framework Renewal – Ministry of Defence] {{Webarchiveusurped|url1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20210521075849/http://www.government-online.net/r-cloud-framework-renewal-ministry-of-defence/ |date=21R-Cloud MayFramework 2021Renewal – Ministry of Defence]}}, published 6 February 2017, accessed 21 May 2021</ref>

==Locations==

Current sites include:<ref>{{Cite web |title=About us |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/defence-science-and-technology-laboratory/about |access-date=2024-07-09 |website=GOV.UK |language=en}}</ref>

=== *Headquarters ==={{ndash}} [[Porton Down]], Wiltshire

=== *Defence Science and Technology Laboratory Portsdown West ==={{ndash}} [[Portsdown Hill|Portsdown West]], Hampshire

* [[Porton Down]], Wiltshire

*Defence Science and Technology Laboratory Alverstoke {{ndash}}[[Alverstoke]], Hampshire (as a tenant of the [[Institute of Naval Medicine]], Gosport)

*Defence Science and Technology Laboratory Newcastle {{ndash}} National Innovation Centre for Data (NICD), Newcastle<ref>{{Cite web |title=Newcastle Helix |url=https://newcastlehelix.com/stories/new-defence-science-and-technology-laboratory-hub-locating-to-helix |access-date=2024-07-09 |website=newcastlehelix.com}}</ref>

=== Defence Science and Technology Laboratory Portsdown West ===

* [[Portsdown Hill|Portsdown West]], Hampshire

=== Defence Science and Technology Laboratory Alverstoke ===

* [[Alverstoke]], Hampshire (as a tenant of the [[Institute of Naval Medicine]], Gosport)

=== Defence Science and Technology Laboratory Newcastle ===

* National Innovation Centre for Data (NICD), Newcastle<ref>{{Cite web |title=Newcastle Helix |url=https://newcastlehelix.com/stories/new-defence-science-and-technology-laboratory-hub-locating-to-helix |access-date=2024-07-09 |website=newcastlehelix.com}}</ref>

The former CAST sites at [[Langhurst|Langhurst, West Sussex]] and [[Sandridge]], Hertfordshire were closed around 2020 after the 2018 merger of CAST into Dstl.<ref name=":1" />

Sections of {{convert|150-millimetre|mm|in|abbr=in|adj=mid|-thick (5.9&nbsp;in)}} [[Low-background steel|pre-atomic steel]] plate uncontaminated with [[radionuclide]]s, recovered from [[HMS Vanguard (23)|HMS ''Vanguard'']], were used for the shielding of the [[Whole Body Counter|whole body monitor]] at the Radiobiological Research Laboratory (now Dstl) at [[Alverstoke]], [[Gosport]], Hampshire.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Cowling|first=Giles|title=From Land, Sea and Air|url=http://www.defencemanagement.com/article.asp?id=200&content_name=National%20Security%20and%20Resilience&article=5132|url-status=dead|journal=Defence Management Journal|volume=31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225191422/http://www.defencemanagement.com/article.asp?id=200&content_name=National%20Security%20and%20Resilience&article=5132|archive-date=25 February 2012}}</ref>

== Spin-offs ==

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==See also==

* [[The Technical Cooperation Program]] (TTCP) – an international defence science and technology collaboration between Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States.

* [[DARPA]] – US Defence Agency responsible for the development of new technology for the [[United States Armed Forces|US military]].

* [[Defence Science and Technology Organisation]] – a branch of the Australian Department of Defence that researches and develops technologies for the Australian defence industry.

* [[Qinetiq]] – the part of Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (DERA) privatised in June 2001, with the remainder of DERA renamed Dstl.