Defence: Innovation
(asked on 7th March 2017) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to encourage innovation in the defence industry.
This question was answered on 13th March 2017
With an equipment plan worth £178 billion over 10 years and a rising defence budget, there are great opportunities for innovative suppliers.
We are spending up to 20% of our science and technology budget on game-changing research, creating a 10-year £800 million innovation fund and have established a defence and security accelerator.