Five Eyes science and technology (FVEY S&T) is a gaggle of countries that work collectively on defence and safety analysis. These nations have been collaborating for nearly 70 years:
- Australia
- Canada
- New Zealand
- UK
- US
Over 2,000 scientists from these 5 nations contribute to a whole lot of actions that assist enhance operational and non-operational capabilities. They embrace a few of the following:
- evaluation
- analysis
- improvement
- testing
- prototyping
- demonstration
- experimentation
Each nation is represented by a principal who gives strategic imaginative and prescient, objectives, and broad course. The UK Principal is Professor Tim Dafforn, Chief Scientific Adviser at the Ministry of Defence (MOD).
What Dstl does
Dstl’s position in FVEY is essential to the success of the collaboration. Dstl workers fill nearly all of the UK governance roles throughout the teams and technical panels, and Dstl-led tasks set out how the UK delivers its contribution.
International impact through collaboration
Hosting the FVEY S&T Principals assembly
Dstl hosted the annual FVEY S&T Principals assembly in September 2025, welcoming practically 40 delegates to Portsdown West.
This was the one alternative that yr for the entire National Principals (MOD CSA and equivalents), their Deputies, Executive Officers and the Executive Chairs for the S&T Groups to return collectively.
They got here collectively to evaluation progress, agree new strategic instructions, and perform deep dive workshops – innovating collectively to generate new S&T approaches the place we will collaboratively advance the artwork of the attainable to sort out defence’s urgent issues.
Dstl hosts our allies for experiments, trials and coaching, and helps keep the abilities and capabilities wanted to assist FVEY S&T now and sooner or later.