Ministry of Defence celebrates innovation in British Defence Companies

THE Defence Secretary congratulated award-winning businesses at the Farnborough International Air show this week.

Defence Secretary Michael Fallon met a number of British based small and medium sized companies which won awards in the MOD-funded Defence Growth Partnership Innovation Challenge, run in partnership between the Defence Solutions Centre and the MOD.

The Defence Secretary was also given a tour of the UK Defence Solutions Centre (DSC). The DSC offers collaborative support to companies competing in the global defence market.

The Secretary of State also welcomed three new organisations to the membership of the UK DSC – Ultra Electronics, University of Southampton and Cranfield University.

Defence Secretary Michael Fallon said:

“The Defence Growth Partnership brings together the best minds in the defence industry and is a fine example of British initiative.

“I congratulate all the winners of the Innovation Challenge. These projects are good for our armed forces, good for our economy and good for Britain.” 

The Minister for Defence Procurement Philip Dunne, who launched the Innovation Challenge in 2015, was also on hand to congratulate the British SME winners. The winners have now been awarded follow-on funding totalling £2.3million. The winners were Close Air Solutions, Inzpire, Glyndwr Innovations, Amethyst Research, University of Birmingham  and QinetiQ.

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George has a degree in Cyber Security from Glasgow Caledonian University and has a keen interest in naval and cyber security matters and has appeared on national radio and television to discuss current events. George is on Twitter at @geoallison
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Andrew Perrin
7 years ago

mod all that’s bad in britains defence needs, poor cost calculations poor management of jobs and muddle ideas of whast they need time the pen pushers were given there p45s and another agency with better management skills took over