Innovation
Getting Britain’s defence ready for a scientific future
July 02 by Mike SewartTechnology has been the great equaliser and driving force in opening the world of warfare to new players. It is somewhat unsurprising that we are observing a change in the way in which western states...
The journey of Ox Intel; from H4MoD to start-up
March 26 by Alexander StephensonIn an era where intelligence officers face the daunting task of analysing terabytes of data to inform national security decision-making, there is a need to systematically account for subjectivity in i...
Hacking 4 MoD: Success, expansion and remote learning
October 22 by Alexander StephensonFollowing the news about how H4MoD is changing British Professional Military Education, we caught up with Dr Ali Hawks who oversees the H4MoD programme in order to understand recent development, the i...
Why Teach as I Live It? A Startup Founder's Perspective on Hacking 4 Security
August 03 by Dr José Videira'We challenge the academic “solution first” problem-solving framework as it reduces your chances of success in entrepreneurship'. Hear from a start-up founder about the Hacking 4 Security lean methodo...
John Boyd, Global Disorder and Embracing Uncertainty
August 03 by Hannah Croft‘Why does our world continue to unfold in an irregular, disorderly, unpredictable manner, even though some of our best minds try to represent it as being more regular, orderly, and predictable?’
Addressing the Innovation Adoption Problem in Defence
July 06 by Hannah CroftDefence iQ spoke to Adrian Holt, former Royal Air Force officer and founding member of Strategic Command's jHub Innovation Unit, and now currently at Capita consulting, to talk all things UK defence i...
Hacking for MoD: Throwing Down the Gauntlet
June 04 by Lieutenant Colonel Frank ReevesHacking 4 MoD is a programme that applies Lean Start Up methodologies to solving complex Defence problems. The following offers some insight into the processes by which problem-solving is approached.
Bridging the Valley of Death: High Value Manufacturing & UK Defence Innovation
May 14 by Hannah CroftAs part of our ongoing research into innovation and enterprise transformation in Defence, Defence iQ's Editor spoke to the UK's High Value Manufacturing Catapult (HVM Catapult) about how they are help...
Out of the Stone Age: The Future Direction of the U.S. Defence Innovation Ecosystem
May 12 by Tate NurkinRoughly half-a-decade into DoD efforts to better meet the dual challenges of intensifying geopolitical competition and accelerating technological advancement, Pentagon innovation has been both celebra...
Defence Innovation and the Pathway to Information Advantage
May 07 by Hannah CroftAs part of Defence iQ's ongoing research into innovation and enterprise transformation in Defence, we spoke to representatives from Roke Manor, UK Defence R&D leader, to find out how they use user-foc...
Future Trends in Ground Warfare
April 20 by Scott KinnerChanges in ground combat revolve around the need to sense and the need to deliver an effect; technology serves as the great influencer in their pursuit. Those that can most effectively integrate—not m...
Defence Innovation and Invention: A Vision is Always Required
April 07 by Lieutenant Colonel Ollie MajorThe military contribution to invention is not in the science, it is not in the technology or the engineering – it is in the ideas. Militaries must explore the way they want to operate across domains...