Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 21209

Defence: Innovation

Tabled: 18 December 2024
Answered: 9 January 2025

Question

David Reed

ConservativeExmouth and Exeter East

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the RUSI Lecture given by the Chief of the Defence Staff on 4 December 2024, what steps his Department is taking to (a) support high-risk, high-reward technology experimentation and (b) track th

Answer

Maria Eagle
Defence invests in high-risk, high-reward technology experimentation from across the Defence enterprise. Defence’s core Science, Innovation and Technology budgets (e.g. Defence Science & Technology Programme and Defence Innovation Fund) are led from H...

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