The UDRC develops research in signal processing with application to the defence industry. It is an academia led partnership between industry and defence.

Phase 3 commenced on 1st July 2018 and is a 5 year project. The work entitled "Signal Processing in the Information Age" will develop new underpinning Signal Processing and Machine Learning tools for the defence community. This first stage of funding an Underpinning Signal Processing (USP) consortium grant was to research fundamental principles and coordinate wider activities under the title, further calls were awarded in three relevant areas of signal processing of defence as application themes.