Ministry of Defence announces new Innovation Hub
The organisation would ‘harness UK ingenuity and boost military technology’, with the full details to appear in the Spring Statement.
The announcement comes as the Government confirms that UK defence spending will reach 2.5 percent of GDP by 2027, and the MOD will commit to new SME spending targets by June this year.
techUK has long called for a single organisation within the Defence Enterprise to coordinate innovation spend and achieve successful pull-through of technologies into the hands of the end-user. In both its Strategic Defence Review and Defence Industrial Strategy submissions, the Defence Programme has argued that the MOD requires a single innovation front door through which companies can access the wider defence market, with the authority to delegate procurement responsibilities when appropriate.
For more information on techUK’s Defence Programme, please contact Programme Manager Jeremy Wimble.
Jeremy Wimble
Jeremy manages techUK's defence programme, helping the UK's defence technology sector align itself with the Ministry of Defence - including Defence Digital, DE&S, innovation units and Frontline Commands - through a broad range of activities including private briefings and early market engagement events. It also supports the MOD as it procures new digital technologies.