The 2015 National Security Strategy and Strategic Defence and Security Review prioritised innovation by welcoming more transferrable technology into the MOD marketplace, outlining plans to help SMEs and new partners into the supply chain. Here, Kieron Salter, Managing Director of transferrable tech firm KW Specialist Projects, tells MOD DCB features editor ...
LOGNET – The Future Defence Logistics Customer LOGNET 16-2 will be held on 16th and 17th November. Innovation is at the heart of this transformation, which is why we want to connect with both Strategic Partners and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to find the solutions which will keep UK defence at ...
MOD launches Defence Innovation Initiative An £800M Fund to encourage home-grown defence technology has been launched by the MOD. Defence Secretary Michael Fallon MP announced the arrival of the defence innovation fund, designed to keep the MOD at the forefront of ground-breaking innovation at an exhibition highlighting UK defence innovation. The initiative ...
The Ministry of Defence announced recently that it had built a network of Supply Chain Advocates to help SMEs do business with the Department. Here, MOD DCB features editor Julie Shennan explores the aims and functions of this network. The Government is reforming the way in which Whitehall conducts its procurement ...