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New Ploughshare Innovations board members announced

Homeland January 19, 2018

Ploughshare Innovations, the technology transfer office for the UK Ministry of Defence has announced the appointment of two new Non-executive Directors to its board. Professor Penny Endersby and Dr Cerys Rees OBE will fill the vacancies left by Jenni Henderson and Dame Wendy Hall. Piers White, Chairman of Ploughshare Innovations welcomed the appointments, highlighting ...

DIO launches commercial strategy for working with industry

Homeland January 11, 2018

The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) has launched its commercial strategy outlining its vision for future methods of working with suppliers in the soft and hard facilities management, construction and property advisory sectors. DIO, working on behalf of the Ministry of Defence, currently spends around £3 billion per year buying infrastructure services to ...

New MOD Chief Information Officer appointed

Homeland January 11, 2018

Charles Forte has been appointed new Ministry of Defence Chief Information Officer and will be responsible for the development of MOD strategy and policy on all MOD Information and Communications Technology, including cybersecurity. Following an open competition to both internal military and civilian candidates and to candidates from outside the MOD, the ...

Beyond Battery Power: DASA seeks to take the advantage

Land January 3, 2018

Battles are controlled and won by those who create an advantage. As part of its efforts to realise this, the Ministry of Defence is seeking to widen the roles of robotic and autonomous systems (RAS) in resupply, logistics and other military functions. Key to their success will be finding new, innovative ...