The Ministry of Defence is embedding a new approach to industry engagement across its procurement activity, with lessons drawn from urgent operational support to the Middle East now being formalised into a standing model for how Defence works with suppliers. At the centre of the change is the Defence Industrial Joint Council (DIJC) and a newly formed Early Market Engagement team within the National Armaments Director (NAD) Group. Together, these are moving the MoD away from traditional procurement sequencing, where industry is engaged after requirements are defined, toward earlier, more open conversations that bring suppliers in before problems are fully…
