Defence People Innovation Challenge - Supporting Information
Updated 9 April 2018
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1. Research and Development
The MOD spent £1.7 billion on Research and Development (R&D) in 2014/5, on top of funding business-as-usual incremental improvements to equipment and systems. We recently published our vision for R&D in the 2017 Science and Technology Strategy. Core elements of this strategy cover People research, designed to optimise the human component of Defence capability, and deliver our future workforce.
People research is delivered through Chief Scientific Adviser’s (CSAs) Future Workforce and Human Performance Programme (FWAHP), which includes the Achieving the strategic edge through people: 2040 initiative which was launched in 2015. The FWAHP programme covers similar topics to this innovation challenge but its focus is primarily on lower-TRL research, and it is contracted through a more traditional framework.
A significant number of legacy reports from the MOD-funded Human Factors Integration Defence and Technology Centre (HFIDTC) are available here and the more recent Defence Human Capability Science and Technology Centre (DHCSTC) research themes are here.
2. Information Resources
- National Audit Office: A Short Guide to the Ministry of Defence (Sep 17) - summarises what the MOD does, how much it costs, recent and planned changes and what to look out for in its main business areas and services
- UK Defence in Numbers 2017 - a snapshot of the UK’s defence capability in numbers
- UK Armed Forces Monthly Service Personnel Statistics: 2017 - UK service personnel statistics on strengths, requirements, intake, applications and outflow, by Service for 2017
- National Security Strategy and Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015
- How Defence works: the defence operating model - the MOD’s operating model
- Armed Forces Continuous Attitude Survey: 2017 - results from the 2017 armed forces continuous attitude survey (AFCAS)
- Tri-service Families Continuous Attitude Survey: 2017 - Tri-service results from the annual families continuous attitude survey (FAMCAS)
- Tri-service Reserves Continuous Attitude Survey: 2017 - Tri-service results from the 2017 reserves continuous attitude survey (RESCAS)
- MOD HR Strategy Civilian Continuous Attitude Surveys – the MOD Human Resources (HR) strategy civilian continuous attitude surveys (CAS)
- Recruit Trainee Survey - a Tri-service attitude survey on training, facilities, food, support and fairness of treatment
- MOD national and official statistics by topic – a compendium of publicly available MOD statistics
- Armed Forces pay reform explained - the Pay 16 booklet provides guidance on the new Armed Forces pay structure and changes to core pay on 01 April 2016
- Armed Forces’ Pay Review Body - an overview of the Armed Forces Pay Review Body
- MOD and Armed Forces Reputation Survey – a public opinion survey conducted for the MOD
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MOD: The Good Operation (January 2018) - an operational policy handbook that provides an induction tool, training resource and aide memoire for operational policy professionals in defence and across government