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Innovate UK is adapting its strategy to align more closely with the Governments Modern Industrial Strategy (2025). A new area of focus will be supporting National Security & Defence (NSAD) objectives and the growth of companies involved in the development of dual-use technologies. To fulfill these objectives, a new programme launched in April to be delivered by the new [National Security &] Defence (NS&D) Growth Sector team, and a key part of the broader UKRI NS&D programme.
The aim of the Dual-Use Technology Innovation Programme (DTIP) is to help deliver a resilient, sovereign, and technologically advanced UK NS&D ecosystem by 2030 through targeted, collaborative, and regionally inclusive innovation investment in dual-use technologies. This will create opportunities for a high-growth economy that catalyses rapid growth amongst our most promising businesses alongside delivering NS&D specific objectives.
Working with stakeholders across government to identify and exploit the commercial potential of these technology flows will be a key theme of the DTIP programme. We will support the transfer of technologies from civil to defence and unlock new markets for defence and security applications, with a key focus on positioning public-sector users and defence supply-chains as launch customers. We will also work to build the industrial capability and resilience of key dual-use sectors and remove barriers to adoption for the use of autonomous platforms and enabling technologies.
