AIRTO member Digital Catapult and The Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), the world’s oldest defence and security think-tank, have signed a joint Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to shape the future of UK defence and security innovation.
Committed to strengthening the UK’s defence and security sectors, Digital Catapult and RUSI will explore collaboration to connect policy with the practical adoption of new frontier technology-led solutions through research, roundtables, and joint events. The agreement will identify pathways to growth for the sector and facilitate knowledge exchange, helping to shape the future of the UK’s defence and security capabilities by bringing together RUSI’s world-leading expertise in defence and security policy and analysis with Digital Catapult’s extensive network of deep tech startups, technologists and innovators from across the UK.
With renewed investment in the defence industry and recent government funding announcements underscoring defence and security as a top priority for the UK, collaboration between the public sector, academia, industry and the innovator ecosystem will be critical to helping the industry overcome technical obstacles and access future funding opportunities. Digital Catapult and RUSI’s partnership will strengthen these relationships by creating a framework for strategic discussion and knowledge exchange, helping businesses scale while informing security policy decisions.
