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DIO Commercial Director, Jacqui Rock, confirmed for DPRTE 2019

Homeland January 16, 2019

The Defence Infrastructure (DIO) Commercial Director, Jacqui Rock, has been confirmed to appear at Defence Procurement, Research, Technology & Exportability (DPRTE) 2019, which will take place for the first time at Farnborough International Exhibition and Conference Centre on 28 March. The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) plays a vital role in supporting ...

America open for business says US Department of Defense

April 18, 2018

DPRTE 2018 broke new ground with the introduction of a brand new Knowledge Transfer Zone, christened ‘Doing Business with the US Department of Defense’. As the name suggests, the new addition – which co-opted the Keynote Arena for the afternoon of the event – paid tribute to the UK’s innumerable contributions to defence and security in the United States and made available much-needed advice to British businesses looking to ...

Andrew Forzani champions SMEs’ role in the defence supply chain

April 11, 2018

Andrew Forzani, the MOD’s Chief Commercial Officer, told a packed DPRTE 2018 of his ambition to improve SME engagement within the defence supply chain as he looks to implement the Modernising Defence Programme.  Attending DPRTE at Cardiff’s Motorpoint Arena for the first time, Mr Forzani provided the first keynote address at the event’s Keynote Arena and ...

DPRTE 2018 review: The defence supply chain comes together in Cardiff

April 6, 2018

Defence Procurement, Research, Technology & Exportability (DPRTE) 2018 was billed as the defence procurement event of the year and the huge numbers that made their way to the Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff were certainly not disappointed. With more than 1500 key decision makers from the defence procurement world in attendance, DPRTE ...