An innovative digital project launching at the Defence Academy is poised to make decades of defence research available to UK Defence personnel and allies.
The Defence Academy Research Engine (DARE) is due to launch in September 2022. Designed by the Centre for Defence Education Research and Analysis (CDERA), the DARE will be an accessible and searchable online environment collating historic and current research papers, authored by members of the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom. It will also serve as a portal to collect proposed research topics which Defence Academy students can tackle.
Announcing the launch of the DARE project, Major General Andrew Roe, Chief Executive and Commandant of the Defence Academy, said:
Chris Taylor, SO1 CDERA, said:
For design and build of the DARE application, CDERA has contracted with Squiz, a global technology company with a pedigree of delivering digital solutions for high-profile organisations. Their clients include UK government departments, such as the Cabinet office and NHS, and well-respected higher education institutions including UCL and the universities of Oxford and Cambridge.
Nick Condon, Managing Director of Squiz UK, said:
The DARE will be hosted via a portal on the Defence Academy website, with access automatically enabled for MOD personnel via Defence Gateway log-in credentials. CDERA will also create individual accounts for interested external parties who are also set to benefit from this new capability.
The target launch date for the DARE is September 2022.