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A subsequent MOD CSA-led review in 2015 into MOD's science and technology capability recommended that the commissioning of science and technology should be independent of the delivery.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/458623/20150414-MOD_Science_Capability_Review_Executive_Summary.pdf|title=A review of MOD's science and technology capability (Executive summary)}}</ref> Following this, the commissioning role was moved to [[Defence Science and Technology]] (DST) within MOD Head Office, with Dstl focusing on delivery.{{cn|date=September 2022}}
Within the [[Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015]] was a proposal to create "a government-backed service designed to help small and medium-sized businesses bring new ideas to market more quickly".<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/478933/52309_Cm_9161_NSS_SD_Review_web_only.pdf|title=National Security Strategy and Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015: A Secure and Prosperous United Kingdom|date=November 2015|publisher=HM Government|isbn=9781474125963}}</ref> In 2016, it was announced by Defence Secretary [[Michael Fallon]] that this 'Defence and Security Accelerator'<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/defence-and-security-accelerator|title=Defence and Security Accelerator – GOV.UK|website=www.gov.uk|language=en|access-date=4 May 2018}}</ref> would have access to an £800m innovation fund and build on the 'Centre for Defence Enterprise' model, operating within Dstl.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/defence-innovation-initiative|title=Defence Innovation Initiative – Speeches|website=www.gov.uk|date=16 September 2016 |access-date=20 September 2016}}</ref>
In 2017, Dstl began a five-year programme of innovation in space science.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/threetwo-one-blast-off-dstl-launches-50-million-space-programme|title=Three...two…one…blast off! Dstl launches £50 million Space Programme|date=4 October 2017|website=GOV.UK|language=en|access-date=7 February 2018}}</ref> In 2019, Dstl opened a new satellite ground control station at Portsdown West to support future space research.<ref name=raf-20190718>{{cite news |url=https://www.raf.mod.uk/news/articles/defence-secretary-outlines-future-space-programme/ |title=Defence Secretary outlines future space programme |publisher=Royal Air Force |date=18 July 2019 |access-date=6 March 2021}}</ref>
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