South West Regional Defence and Security Cluster
The UK’s first pan-Defence and Security Cluster
About the Cluster and its purpose
The SWRDSC is the first pan-Defence and Security cluster in the UK. It forms a collaboration led by industry and academia with the support of government and its ministerial departments such as the MOD and its innovation directorate, and the Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA).
The cluster seeks to aggregate and raise the profile of regional D&S capability to stimulate greater sector knowledge, business, economic growth and productivity across the South West region. It will attract businesses of all scales with an interest in D&S to deliver new sector and cross-sector capability. It aims to apply a ‘Team UK’ approach to enable more joined up working between industry, academia and government, providing an efficient and accessible route to industry curation and the region’s D&S value chain.
Collaboration
The SW RDSC shall provide access to a greater pan-sector network and provide opportunity for collaboration
Funding Streams
Unlocking the path to engage with key stakeholders and funding bodies, for tradition and non-traditional defence suppliers
South West
Full membership is open to Organisations in the regions of Cornwall & IoS, Heart of the South West, and Dorset LEP
NEWS & EVENTS
Cyber-SHIP Lab Annual Symposium
Thu, 21 Oct 2021, 08:30 – Fri, 22 Oct 2021, 14:00 BST The latest maritime cyber risk evaluation & mitigation research and how researchers and industry must collaborate to build cyber resilience About this event Cyber-SHIP Lab is the University of...
Find out more about the DASA Security Open Call
The Defence and Security Accelerator will run a webinar on the Security Rapid Impact Innovations strand of the DASA Open Call on Monday 4 October at 1400-1500. The Eventbrite page to register is here. Your chance to hear how to access funding for your security idea...
Launch of Space to Innovate Campaign Bravo Drop- DASA
Contracts worth up to £400,000 available for innovations that enhance intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance in the space domain. The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) Space Programme and UK Space Agency (UKSA) are working together with the...
MEMBERSHIP
- Membership of the SW RDSC is open to traditional and non-traditional D&S businesses, Higher Education and research institutions.
- The Cluster’s geographical boundaries for membership are related to the coverage of Cornwall and Isle of Scilly, Dorset and Heart of the South West LEPs.
- Membership categories are Full, Affiliate and Strategic
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Contact the SWRDSC
@southwestrdsc
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