Emerging technologies with the potential to impact safety in Defence

This paper provides a summary of the findings of a short investigation conducted by Dstl horizon scanning science and technology specialists on new technologies with the potential to impact safety in Defence - weapons technology excluded. The investigation was carried out to inform MOD regulators and safety specialists on areas that may require new thinking, and perhaps regulation, in terms of safety and risk. The perspective of the analysis is military and not civil but in most cases the discussion also applies to the civil safety domain.