智邦网
2020-12-21 智邦网
编译 致远
据Janes defence news网12月11日报道
英国防部宣布将启动新的国防创新中心，旨在为中小企业参与国防创新、开发成熟解决方案提供便利渠道。
英陆军创新中心称为“作战实验室”，将于2021年4月形成初始作战能力，8月形成全面作战能力。
该中心位于英国多塞特，靠近陆军装甲试验和发展部队，旨在加强陆军使用部门与中小企业联系，开发各种解决方案，为促进企业“更好地参与和利用国防实验设施”提供便利，鼓励更多从未接触国防的公司参与，通过该实验室提供便捷通道，并拓展与学术界协同行动的沟通渠道。
British Army’s BattleLab to be operational by August 2021
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) is launching a new Defence Innovation Centre aimed at providing an easy access point for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to develop and mature solutions.
The Army aspect of the centre, which is called the Army BattleLab, will reach its initial operational capability in April 2021, with full operational capability expected to be reached the following August, according to a 3 December briefing from the British Army.
The DIC is to be located in Dorset, UK, close to the British Army’s Armoured Trials and Development Unit. It is intended to improve the links between the Army’s end users and the SMEs that can provide solutions to the various challenges. It will allow “more open and better engagement, [and] greater exploitation of experimentation within defence,” explained Director of Capability, Major General Jez Bennet, during the briefing.
The centre will also aim to reach companies that have never before worked with defence, and Maj Gen Bennet explained that the plan was for the BattleLab to offer an easy route into defence for those with no prior experience in the field.
It will also be used to “represent a persistent challenge to the status quo to drive value and improvement,” another senior Army officer explained during the briefing, adding that it is expected to serve as a focus for coherent and routine work with academia.
相关信息