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DIO at DPRTE Engage: Opportunities within defence infrastructure

Land October 21, 2020

The annual Defence Procurement, Research, Technology & Exportability (DPRTE) event, organised by BiP Solutions, sees the defence and security industry come together to allow SMEs to discover their place in the UK’s £20 billion defence marketplace. This year, due to the impact of COVID-19, the event moved to a virtual platform ...

The impact of COVID-19 and the MOD’s need for agility

Land October 15, 2020

Speaking at DPRTE Engage Online, Andrew Forzani, Chief Commercial Officer, UK Ministry of Defence, examined what lessons the defence industry could learn from the COVID-19 pandemic. The impact of COVID-19 has seen a shift in the public perception of the functions of the defence industry. The defence supply chain was heavily ...

DPRTE Engage 2020 review: Bringing the defence procurement supply chain together online

September 10, 2020

Still living up to its billing as the defence procurement event of the year, Defence Procurement, Research, Technology & Exportability (DPRTE) 2020 took place online on 3 September. As the defence industry was asked to be more agile and transformative, DPRTE 2020 also seized the opportunity by moving to a virtual ...

DPRTE Engage: Interview with DASA’s Andy Caldwell

Homeland September 3, 2020

As part of our countdown to DPRTE Engage 2020 taking place on 3rd September, Defence Online chatted with Andy Caldwell, Interim Head of the Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA), about his hopes for the hotly-anticipated virtual defence procurement event. Why is it important for DASA to be an official partner at ...