As part of the SupportNet23 conference, the Defence Support organisation are seeking innovative ideas to tackle problems facing Defence. The Support Innovation Challenge (SIC) offers participants the opportunity to pitch ideas to an expert panel of judges with this year’s theme being how greater resilience can be achieved within either logistics, ...
DE&S has purchased the first of two Multi-Role Ocean Surveillance (MROS) ships that will carry cutting-edge equipment to protect Britain’s critical subsea cables and pipelines from hostile attack. The ‘mother-ship’ which will be operated by the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) is vital to national security through protection of the UK’s critical ...
The launch of the new fund to help keep the UK safe and address global sources of volatility and insecurity has been announced by the Prime Minister. The UK Integrated Security Fund (UKISF) will replace the existing Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF), and will have a wider remit, funding projects ...
Atkins’ John Drever discusses how collaboration between project managers and systems engineers will need to evolve, to achieve an agile approach in Defence procurement. In 2021, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) launched its Digital Strategy, with the goal to ‘persistently deliver transformative digital capabilities to enable sustainable military and business advantage’. ...