Activities

The Team Defence Information Task Force sponsors and facilitates a number of Working Groups, each focused on a specific aspect of collaborative information sharing. Their purpose is to identify and progress issues – and to develop advice and guidance for the benefit of Team Defence. Representation includes UK Ministry of Defence (and other Government Departments where appropriate) as well as industry. Participation is open to representatives from TD-Info member organisations and others by invitation.

Communities of Practice

Addresses Industry or MOD interest in a broad topic area; 

Should be used as a vehicle to advance common understanding;

Must have a Team Defence Information Task Force Member to facilitate;  

Must have a Terms of Reference agreed by Team Defence Executive Team; 

Outputs can be used to form a whitepaper, working group or project which are subject to the approval of the Executive Team; 

Doesn’t have to produce monthly reports although they are available for the group to escalate issues to the Executive Team

Working Groups 

Discussion or defined collaborative working required on a distinct topic area e.g. DEFSTAN 00-600; 

Used to advance Industry and MOD knowledge; 

Can sponsor the creation of a whitepaper or oversee a project or programme of work once the group has matured;

Should normally last longer than 12 months (although meeting regularity can vary) otherwise a project should be considered;

Must have a MOD and Industry Chair; 

Must have an agreed TOR and report monthly.

Projects

Defined, achievable deliverable or change; 

Can be the output of a white paper;

Can be an activity sponsored by an established working group;

No longer than a year duration;

Must have an Industry and MOD Project Lead; 

Must have a 2* or 3* Sponsor and/or Industry equivalent from Team Defence Strategy Group;

Must have an approved Project Initiation Document (PID) by Team Defence Executive Team; 

Must report monthly. 

Events

Information on all sector-relevant events, run by TDI and other organisations.

Trading Forum

The first meeting of 2023 for the Trading Forum will be held remotely using Microsoft Teams. The Trading Forum is your opportunity to hear updates from the MOD regarding their Procurement systems and processes, whilst also providing the opportunity to provide any...

News

News and blogs to keep you in the know. 

AdM Hack – sign up today

The Future Capability Group (FCG) Open Innovation Laboratories (OIL) Additive Manufacture Hack will take place on the 3 & 4 April 23. We recently held a launch and network event the details of which are here: Additive Manufacturing Hack Launch and Networking 9...