Keynote Briefing: A Government Reset and a Scotland-Sized Opportunity
A briefing from the opening keynotes at the Scottish Defence Procurement and Supply Chain Summit, Glasgow The Scottish Defence Summit opened with two contributions designed to set both the strategic frame and the practical mechanics of delivery for the day ahead: a video address from the Rt Hon Douglas Alexander MP, Secretary of State for […]
Dstl Neuroscience Project Transforms RAF Typhoon Training and Spreads Across Defence
A Dstl project applying neuroscience to military training has reached over 1,200 RAF personnel and industry technicians, with its methods now mandated across the Typhoon Training Facility at RAF Coningsby and influencing training pipelines as far as the Joint Services Command and Staff College and the Royal Navy. The Developing Education Learning and Training Advances […]
UK and Ukraine Deepen Defence Medical Cooperation as Drone Warfare Reshapes Battlefield Medicine
The UK’s Defence Medical Command has hosted the Surgeon General of Ukraine’s Armed Forces for a visit focused on strengthening medical cooperation, sharing frontline lessons from three years of high-intensity warfare, and expanding joint research and training programmes. Major General Anatolii Kazmirchuk met senior UK defence clinical leaders including Chief of Defence Medical Air Marshal […]
MoD Launches £50 Million VALOUR Veterans Support Network
The Ministry of Defence has launched VALOUR, a new £50 million nationwide veterans support network, and is calling on Welsh organisations to apply for funding to join the system as it expands across the UK. The Office for Veterans’ Affairs has already committed £13 million to 14 organisations across the UK, with funding of between […]
UK universities: A hub for defence technology innovation
By Jennifer Nelson, EVP International at IQT Boston Consulting Group has noted that over the past decade, US venture capital investment in defence has been 8.5 times higher than in Europe. Yet the UK retains a compelling competitive edge in its university ecosystem, which consistently generates world‑class research and talent across AI, quantum, energy, advanced […]