Defence Scientific Advisory Council

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The Defence Scientific Advisory Council (DSAC) is a non-departmental public body consisting of an independent committee of scientists who provide scientific and technological advice to the British Ministry of Defence.{{cite web|url= https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/defence-scientific-advisory-council/about|title=Defence Scientific Advisory Council: What We Do|publisher=GOV.UK|accessdate=2014-05-15}} Secretariat services for the DSAC are provided by the Defence Science and Technology Office.{{clarify|date=May 2014}}

{{As of|2014}} the DSAC is chaired by Professor David Delpy.{{cite web|url=http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/no-regrets-says-outgoing-epsrc-chief-david-delpy/2012694.article|title=No regrets, says outgoing EPSRC chief David Delpy|publisher=Times Higher Education|date=17 April 2014}}{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-chair-of-the-defence-scientific-advisory-council|title=New chair of the Defence Scientific Advisory Council|publisher=GOV.UK|date=14 January 2014}}

After a review of Non-Departmental Public Bodies the DSAC was reclassified from an Advisory Non-Departmental Public Body to an Expert Committee in October 2016.

The replacement body, known as the Defence Science Expert Committee (DSEC) will continue to provide science and technology advice across MOD.{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/defence-scientific-advisory-council/about|title= "Defence Scientific Advisory Council closed in October 2016"|publisher=GOV.UK}}