BMT Defence Services Archives

Unmanned Warrior is being held off the coast of Benbecula. Following on from our first reaction piece to the Defence Innovation Initiative, here we explore SME reaction and look at company case studies.

Defence Innovation Initiative: Industry Reaction Part 2

October 18, 2016

This Autumn saw Defence Secretary Michael Fallon launch the Defence Innovation Initiative, a scheme to promote home-grown innovation in the defence sector. The £800M fund is backed by IRIS (innovation and research insights unit) and the Defence and Security Accelerator, with the fund available to new technology innovation, intending to support emerging ...

Defence Online’s Victoria Maggiani speaks exclusively to members of the defence business community about the Defence Innovation Initiative.

Defence Innovation Initiative: industry reaction

Homeland October 14, 2016

Defence Online’s Victoria Maggiani speaks exclusively to members of the defence business community about the Initiative. This Autumn saw Defence Secretary Michael Fallon launch the Defence Innovation Initiative, a scheme to promote home-grown innovation in the defence sector. The £800M fund is backed by IRIS (innovation and research insights unit) and the ...

Virtual reality: a very real training solution

June 9, 2016

The use of virtual reality within defence has grown rapidly over the last few years. MOD DCB features writer Paul Elliott spoke to Simon Luck, Head of Information Systems at BMT Defence Services, about virtual reality and its impact on defence training. Virtual reality (VR) solutions are now more realistic than ...

Sully based SME Raplas Technologies Ltd has been awarded funding through the latest round of the Defence Technology Exploitation Programme (DTEP)

March 7, 2025

Homeland - Energetic UK SME Raplas awarded DTEP funding

Sully based SME Raplas Technologies Ltd has been awarded funding through the latest round of the Defence Technology Exploitation Programme (DTEP). They