Rob Solly
Biography
Rob Solly was appointed Head of Defence and Security Analysis Division in March 2015.
Rob joined Dstl’s predecessor, the Defence Research Agency, in 1992. He has:
- Led projects, teams and groups that shaped the design of the Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carrier and the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, and directly influenced the UK Government’s decisions to invest billions of pounds in the UK’s future combat air capability
- Worked on secondment at MOD and the Pentagon to lead analysis that shaped defence strategy in the 2010 and 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Reviews, the 2011 Defence Reform Review; and the US DOD’s 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review
- Led an initiative for MOD’s Permanent Secretary from 2011 to improve the use of analysis and evidence across the MOD
- Launched the Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) in 2016 to fast track the exploitation of defence technology
Rob graduated in Aeronautics and Astronautics from the University of Southampton, is a Fellow of the Operational Research Society and was previously a Dstl Consulting Senior Fellow.
*[US DOD] United States Department of Defense
Previous roles in government
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Deputy Director of UKDI (Find & Grow)
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Head, Defence and Security Analysis (DSA)