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Why managed risk will define the UK's defence industrial future

Engineering for consequence - why managed risk will define the UK's defence industrial future. By James Neely, Strategic Partnerships Director – Defence

How can Concept Design accelerate innovation in defence?

We’ve built a dedicated approach to defence concept design that helps organisations move faster, manage risk, and deliver impact—at pace 

Ceramics, capability and consequence

Ceramics, Capability and Consequence - The UK’s CMC supply chain is taking shape. By Dr David King, Principal Engineer - Defence, NCC

Innovating for Defence

Innovating in Defence is vital for National security

NCC has worked in partnership with defence customers since its inception. A Centre of Excellence for Defence Innovation, we have an established national role in delivering cutting-edge products and technologies that address mission-critical challenges. This includes accelerating the development of advanced materials, digital engineering, process innovation and systems integration. 

Located in the UK’s largest defence cluster, we are an innovation and development partner to industry and government. We are investing in building new (open and secure) innovation capabilities across our focus areas to deliver a truly unique capability. 

In partnership with other centres in the High Value Manufacturing Catapult, we collaborate with the Ministry of Defence, defence industry primes and SMEs to create an integrated UK solution to future defence innovation. 

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