Focus of the Defence Research and Technology Council

Working within Intellect’s overall Defence & Security strategy, the group assists MOD in the formulation of effective R&T policy. In order to represent the industry’s collective views on R&T topics, the council has a programme of regular meetings with key players in R&T and produces guidance and white papers on policy topics. It also engages through other industry and government channels including NDIC Research & Development sub-group. The council provides a forum for members and customer stakeholders to network, and represents industry’s collective views on R&T topics.   

Key issues of the Defence Research and Technology Council

• To promote the technology sector’s capabilities to Government
• To advise on R&T best practice, including the promotion of innovation, technology refresh and the exploitation of new technologies
• To improve the UK environment for defence R&T
• To enhance members’ awareness of the R&T market  

Defence Research and Technology Council documents

Defence Research and Technology Council charter (PDF 2MB)

Incentivising Good System of Systems Enterprise Architecture Behaviours in Defence Procurement (PDF 100KB, members only)