Investigating best practice API strategies across sectors and their applicability to Defence Robotic and Autonomous Systems (RAS) to accelerate development and implementation of of RAS Capabilities
This task will assist the EST team in evaluating the range of use cases and technologies that utilise digital scanning capabilities for inspection maintenance and creation of digitised engineering drawings. This will help inform prioritised investment and development of policy for digital engineering and inspection.
Venue: Royal Engineers Museum, Chatham The Event: The Institution of Royal Engineers and Team Defence Information are pleased to announce the “Operational Infrastructure and the Drive for Self-sustainment” conference on 26th/27th September at the Royal Engineers Museum, Chatham which is the Present and Historic home of military engineering. The Challenge: The conference seeks to analyse […]
This will be the first working group under the new Def Sp focus areas. This event explores one of the Sustainable Support Strategy themes and will help inform future experimentation in low carbon deployments. The hypothesis for the workshop is: ‘Intelligent operational base designs will reduce energy demand which when matched with smart grids and alternative energy solutions will provide assured resilient supply with a significantly reduced logistic and carbon footprint’
The Fuels Transformation Programme (FTP) achieved Outline Business Case (OBC) approval in Mar-2022. Based on the concepts of capability management and driven by data, FTP will take full advantage of innovation to improve the agility and responsiveness of the Defence Fuel Enterprise (DFE). FTP is tasked to: Develop the high-level concept to transform the DFE […]
In its energy transition Defence is approaching a crossroads and the Future Capability Group (FCG) Operational Energy (OpEn) Community of Interest (COI) provides a mechanism for Defence sector engagement exploring potential energy vectors. This event at Rolls Royce Filton on the 16 November will investigate cross sector advances in hydrogen generation, storage, distribution and application […]
The Digital Catapult will host a townhall brief where we can share defence ambition and plans for digital models, shadows, and twins with a view to collaboration and exploitation with wider activities and investment across industry sectors
General The Support Operating Concept creates a vision of the future supply chain. At this event hosted at the Wincanton Innovation Centre we will consider the role of technologies such as AMR, warehouse digital twins, advanced manufacturing, internet of things, end to end visibility and data science in transforming the future defence supply chain. The […]
Launch event to enable industry to network and form teams ahead of registration for the Additive Hack that will take place on 3 & 4 April 2023
The 4th AdM As a Service Working Group (WG) will be held at the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC), Coventry on the 24th March 2023. The WG will provide attendees with the ability to engage with AdM colleagues across the UK MoD, Academia and Industry (OEMs & SMEs), and will consist of industry and MoD briefings […]
The Future Capability Group (FCG) Open Innovation Laboratories (OIL) Additive Manufacture Hack will take place on the 3 & 4 April 23. We recently held a launch and network event the details of which are here: Additive Manufacturing Hack Launch and Networking 9 February 2023 Even if you did not attend the launch event it […]
Online & at KBR Leatherhead 27 June 23 Context: Once deployed force elements will be self-sufficient, Forces will be able to operate for prolonged periods without the need for resupply. Realisation of this concept is dependent on a ‘closed loop’ system of systems solution. Outline of Activities: Defence Support will share their concept and experimentation […]