On 10 December 2018, DASA Head Lucy Mason launched the organisation’s new official blog with a personal reflection on two years of innovation at the Defence and Security Accelerator. Among hundreds of projects funded since 2016 — spanning AI, autonomous systems, counter-terrorism and crowd security — she chose to name EasiBridge by example.
Writing about the extraordinary diversity of ideas DASA had backed, Mason described it directly: “a ladder invention, by Easibridge, that is easily adjustable and man-portable using short-section ladders as building-blocks to construct a quick and easy assault bridge or gap crossing…. we funded this one.”
The personal mention from the Head of DASA in the organisation’s flagship anniversary publication was a significant endorsement. It placed EasiBridge alongside AI projects, underwater navigation research, and anti-knife-crime technology as one of the innovations Lucy Mason felt best represented what DASA had achieved in its first two years. By that point DASA had invested over £42 million across 278 projects — and EasiBridge was the bridging innovation she chose to mention by name.
The blog also confirmed DASA’s growing network of Innovation Partners, embedded staff in frontline commands, and international collaboration programmes — all of which would help carry EasiBridge’s profile into new military audiences in the months that followed.
Source: GOV.UK / Defence and Security Accelerator — “DASA Download: Celebrating DASA’s 2nd Anniversary”