Engagement

"Like most of the other teams, we were struggling with the timescales and getting our system together, but then it all just came together and we are very, very happy!"

STELLAR Team Leader, Julia Richardson

In reality, in operations you can't choose the weather so this has been a good test. All teams have come through this well and it has helped to stimulate their thinking."

Professor Phil Sutton
Director General Science Technology Strategy

"Successful innovation is a vital ingredient to battle-winning technology. MOD is actively encouraging a generation of new ideas and ways of using existing ideas to give our soldiers, sailors and airmen a combat edge."

Paul Stein,
Science and Technology Director

"The judges had a difficult decision to make. They have been impressed by the enthusiasm, drive, commitment and thoroughly dedicated approaches to the tasks."

Professor John Beddington
Government Chief Scientific Adviser

"Successful innovation relies on bringing together talent from a diverse set of communities and providing them with a framework that is more than just a sum of its parts. Grand Challenge brought together talented individuals and provided them with a catalyst to a shared common problem."

Sir Ian Andrews
Second Permanent Under Secretary

"This was the culmination of a long journey and a really exciting event. It was a very different way of doing business and brought out the talent that we have in science and technology in this country."

Andy Wallace
MOD Grand Challenge Project Manager