We call our approach to developing the technologies and solutions of tomorrow 'mission-focused innovation'. What do we mean? It is about starting with our customers’ most challenging problems and working backwards to the technologies and solutions that will solve them.
To achieve this we need to understand what our customers really need, better than ever. That includes both their present needs, and then going one step further to understand their potential future needs. Only then can we build the technology for a safer tomorrow.
Priorities are shifting away from protecting against unknown threats and counter-insurgency towards near-peer military and grey threats from technologically advanced, well funded and highly coordinated national state adversaries.
Protecting against a broad and unpredictable spectrum of military, paramilitary and information operations targeting weakness in government, armed forces or supporting infrastructure. DARPA refer to this as ‘MOSAIC’ defence: fast, scalable, adaptive joint multi-domain threat monitoring and response.
The changing threat environment and the need to reinvest in key areas means that RTD&E (Research, Development, Testing and Evaluation) spend will be protected in coming years. However, future solutions will not only need to be advanced and resilient, but also economical, sustainable and efficient.
Rapidly emerging threats require rapid action to outpace adversaries. In future conflicts, major decisions will need to be made within hours, minutes, or potentially seconds. Enabling these decisions means presenting the right data, in the right way, to the right people.
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