Turning innovation into military capability is a challenge. Doing that at pace is an even bigger challenge. Collaboration between MOD and industry can make that process significantly easier, increasing the likelihood of achieving military capability and commercial success.
The Defence Suppliers Forum enables strategic engagement between MOD and the Defence Industry, including Primes, Mid-Tier, and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SME). One of its targets is to optimise the route that both MOD and Industry can take to translate innovation into defence capability. The briefing from Jim Pennycook will show how a joint MOD and Industry end-to-end innovation process aims to increase the opportunities for innovators to engage in Defence with a focus on exploitation and commercialisation, and the opening up of new routes for SMEs.
