Innovation Procurement Plan

Innovation in Defence is central to providing improved equipment, processes and services to our Armed Forces. The MOD drives innovation by generating and exploiting new or novel applications of technology, processes and services. We are innovating in our acquisition cycle, to reduce procurement times and improve the cost-effectiveness and reliability of equipment. The Government's "Innovation Nation" White Paper, published in March 2008, committed all Departments to produce an innovation procurement plan. The MOD's response was published in Feb 2009 and is set out in a suite of published documents available on this website and summarised here .