DSO biological defence team, which developed Covid-19 test kit, wins Defence Technology Prize

SINGAPORE - With its mission of keeping the Singapore Armed Forces operationally ready despite the threat of infectious diseases, the biological defence team at DSO National Laboratories kicked into high gear in December last year when Covid-19 emerged in China.

On Friday , DSO's Biological Defence Programme team was awarded the Defence Technology Prize, which is given each year to teams or individuals who have made significant technological contributions to the defence capabilities of Singapore. "If there was a suspicion of a case, if you had to depend on other agencies and there was too long a lag time, there was transmission - you risk the whole force being degraded and confidence being lost," he said.

Dr Ng said that for every potential crisis, he was assured because he knew that there was"a repository of information, know-how and commitment in the staff of DSO, DSTA , SAF and ST Engineering", who delivered each time in various ways. Operationalised last year, the system helps to detect and monitor threats to Mindef and the SAF's networks. It was designed with advanced artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques.

Mr Tan and the team behind Cyber Security Operations Centre 2.0 were among seven prize winners on Friday. Established in 1989, the prize is meant to encourage breakthroughs in defence science and technology.

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