Our Heritage
Over the past 50 years, DSO has evolved from a three-member team to more than 1,600 research scientists and engineers working across the domains of land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. Today, we are Singapore’s largest defence R&D organisation – delivering technological surprises to sharpen the edge of Singapore’s defence and national security capabilities.
Relive DSO’s relentless pursuit of our critical mission through the decades and how our People, Passion, and Innovation drive and keep us going.
“We have to supplement SAF's manpower with new technology, as manpower constraints will always be there. Our dependency should be more on technology than manpower. And we must develop indigenously that technological edge.”
Dr Goh Keng Swee
First Minister for Defence
(1965 - 1967; 1970 - 1979)