Defence Digital

Why we set up the Royal Navy Digital and Data Board and how it’s helping to drive innovation

Robert Clifford, 28 May 2020 - Agile at scale, Digital and Data Board, Digital Transformation, NELSON - The Royal Navy's Digital & Data Transformation

Like much of the Defence community, the Royal Navy is on a digital transformation journey. Initiatives like NELSON and Navy Service Standards are great examples of work underway to build digital and data capabilities from the ground up. At the …

Baseball and Defence

Rebecca Carden, 30 March 2020 - Artificial Intelligence, Data

What do baseball and the MOD have in common? No, this isn't the start of a bad joke. The answer, surprisingly, is data. Our Head of Data recently watched Moneyball, a film adapted from the book by Michael Lewis, which is …

Machine Learning for Cyber Defence

Ben Parish, 17 March 2020 - Cyber Defence, Machine Learning

Summary Cyber security operations is a complex business. Each new device connected online is a target for cyber attackers to exploit, highlighting the need to find solutions to detect and defend against increasingly sophisticated attacks. This challenge is only going …

Celebrating women in digital in Defence

Rebecca Carden, 9 March 2020 - Women in Defence

To mark International Women's Day, we're highlighting the roles and achievements of women working across the Defence Digital Function. Christine Maxwell, Director, Cyber Defence & Risk, Defence Digital Did I ever think I’d work for Defence or Government? No, …

A single step towards digital transformation in the Army

Maj Luke Turrell, 6 March 2020 - Army Information Exploitation, Digital Transformation

“That sounds really interesting,” replied the man in the gym insincerely. “I’m not sure it applies to me though.” “Do you have an Excel spreadsheet that’s critical to the output of your team? Do you understand how it was made …

Spotlight on Military Digitisation: Accelerating Digital Transformation

Rebecca Carden, 26 February 2020 - Digital Transformation, Military Digitisation, Spotlight

In this 'Spotlight on...' series, we offer insights into the roles and responsibilities of people and teams working in digital and technology within the Ministry of Defence (MOD). This post features Defence Digital’s Major General Tom Copinger-Symes, who took up the new …

Project Gunwarf: How everyone can contribute to Information Warfare

Lt Cdr Jon Parker, 19 February 2020 - Defence Digital Operations Headquarters, Information Warfare, Project Gunwarf

Introduction by Commodore Richard Winter, Assistant Chief of Staff J3 (Operations), Defence Digital Operations Headquarters: “When Lieutenant Commander Jon Parker joined last year, he was fresh from his Head of Department job at sea and full of enthusiasm to continue …

Defence Digital Service (DDS) – Readiness Reporting & Deployability Discovery (R2-D2)

Iain Baars-Gordon, 29 January 2020 - Defence Digital Service (DDS), Discovery sprint

The R2-D2 discovery sprint

This discovery sprint looked into how Defence as a whole assesses 'readiness' (supply and demand) of the people and the equipment in our military. Reporting 'readiness' is done both against the Defence Plan (our committed forces) and for all other ad hoc tasks. And because we’re nerds, we have called this the 'Readiness Reporting and Deployability Discovery' – or R2-D2.

NELSON - A Design Sprint with the Royal Navy Medical Service (RNMS)

Richard Brantingham, 29 January 2020 - NELSON Design Sprint, NELSON First Looks

In 5 days, we prototyped a service which will allow Medical Assistants (MAs) to digitally record their training and experiences and tested it with 8 users. About NELSON The Royal Navy’s NELSON is a team of user researchers, designers, engineers …

Creating the Defence Digital Service (DDS) in MOD

Rich Crowther, 16 December 2019 - Defence Digital Service (DDS), Richard Crowther

The Defence Digital Service (DDS), a new group in the Ministry of Defence (MOD) are here to help pave the way for the rapid delivery of user-centred products and services in Defence. Using modern practices and technologies, they are aiming to bring tactical and strategic advantage by responding rapidly to user needs, both in the office and in the battlespace.

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