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What
are DTCs? DTCs
are virtual centres of excellence established in broad
technology areas that are of significant importance to
the delivery of UK defence capabilities. The strategic
aim of DTCs is to provide more rapid pull-through of
low maturity research into the UK Ministry of Defence's
defence equipment programme.
DTCs are a formal collaborative
arrangement between industry and academia, part funded
by MoD and part by the participants, aimed at generating
and enhancing technology vital to the delivery of future
UK defence capabilities.
Each DTC is expected to undertake
a diverse range of research in its specialist technology
area, with a significant proportion being highly
innovative and inventive work. MoD does not intend to
specify a detailed programme of work for DTCs but instead
has defined essential and desired outcomes it wishes
DTCs to achieve :
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To generate knowledge appropriate to future UK defence needs in the relevant domain |
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To enable earliest exploitation
of knowledge generated for the benefit of UK
defence |
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To enable knowledge generated
to be used by MOD for internal UK government
purposes |
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To enable knowledge
generated in the civil sector to be used within
the DTC |
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To enable knowledge
generated by the DTC to be exploited for the
benefit of the civil sector |
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To enable knowledge generated
to be used by MOD for internal UK government
purposes |
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More information on the
UK Defence Science and Technology Strategy can be found
at the following websites :
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