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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>
===R-Cloud===
Research Cloud (or R-Cloud) is the Dstl's [[supply chain]] marketplace for science and technology research.<ref>Dstl, [https://rcloud.dstl.gov.uk/ Access R-Cloud (Version 3.0)], accessed 21 May 2021</ref> Version 4 went live on 1 December 2020.<ref>Dstl, [https://rcloud-v4.dstl.gov.uk/ Access R-Cloud (Version 4.0)], accessed 21 May 2021</ref> R-Cloud frameworks cover eight "capability areas":
*Command, Control, Communication and Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR);
*Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN);
*Counter Terrorism and Security (CT&S);
*Cyber;
*Human Capability (HC);
*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], published 6 February 2017, accessed 21 May 2021</ref>
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