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 ...
With budget being reduced between 2015 and 2017, the MOD is moving away from bespoke solutions and towards a model in which requirements are fulfilled in part by Commercial Off The Shelf technology. Here Peter Doig, Plextek Business Manager for Defence, and Dr Aled Catherall, Plextek Technology Lead for Defence, talk ...