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Global Think Tanks Report – 14th February 2020

17 February, 20

The international landscape, not least in the realms of defence, is forever changing. With our society being inundated with news and awash with sources, the UKDSC on a biweekly basis, publishes a brief document which highlights some of these articles. Based

UKDSC Supports Successful UK-India Defence Industry Forum

6 February, 20

The UKDSC was pleased to support a very successful UK-India Defence Industry Forum during DefExpo 2020 in Lucknow with strong senior representation from both Indian and UK stakeholders. A number of subjects were discussed centered around defence cooperation between India and

Industry Briefing: Cross Sector Innovation: Subsea Autonomous Systems – Next Generation Technologies

24 January, 20

Having launched the first Cross Sector Innovation challenge on the 14th January, the first industry briefing was held on the 23rd in London as well as live streamed via webcast. With speakers from both the Defence and Oil and Gas funding

UKDSC 2 weeks ago

The UKDSC is attending the @subseauknews Expo on 11-13 February. Come and see us on Stand 77 to talk about the Cross Sector Innovation (CSI) – Subsea Autonomous Systems: Next Gen...

UKDSC 3 weeks ago

Strong #teamwork between Government and Industry contributed to a very successful @DefExpoIndia for Team UK! Pictured is Mark Goldsack Director of DIT-DSO, Mark Barclay CEO UKDSC, ...

UKDSC 1 month ago

We are pleased to announce that the Cross Sector Innovation - Subsea Autonomous Systems competition has now been launched! Please click the link below to find out how to get invo...

What Makes Us Unique

The UKDSC Strategy underpins the achievement of its Vision and Mission. The Strategy is based on three key integrated elements:

Market Intelligence

Developing superior customer understanding through objective evidence-driven, strategic market intelligence and analysis

Capability Alignment

Facilitating the alignment of UK and international future capability needs, and promoting international collaboration

Innovation and Investment

Improving the value of UK investment and innovation in the development of UK defence capability.

Our Partners

The UK Defence Solutions Centre (UKDSC) responds to international customers’ needs for innovative and tailored world-class defence solutions at the pre-competitive stage.

Facilitating closer collaboration with customers, partners and industry, the UKDSC looks out across a 15-year horizon.

Established as an independent entity in 2015, the UKDSC works to make the UK defence industry more successful in international markets via:

Better alignment with UK Government
Facilitating collaboration within the UK value chain
Identifying Innovation and investment from a broad range of sources

Our Founders & Associate Members

The UKDSC brings together the best of innovation from the UK Defence Sector, in a unique partnership that breaks the mould of how we do business and drives up the UK defence export market.