BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Team Defence Information - ECPv6.15.16.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.teamdefence.info X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Team Defence Information REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:UTC DTSTART:20210101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260318T143000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260318T160000 DTSTAMP:20260407T204904 CREATED:20260223T121556Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260312T103628Z UID:250310-1773844200-1773849600@www.teamdefence.info SUMMARY:TD-Info Talks - In Conversation with Andy Start DESCRIPTION:​Andy joined the UK Ministry of Defence from his role as CEO of Capita Public Service\, one of the largest strategic suppliers to UK government. Trained as an engineer\, he spent the first decade of his career as a designer and programme manager in the space business; later moving into organisations such as Airbus\, BAE Systems and Harris Tactical Radio. \nAs the interim National Armaments Director (NAD)\, a position created as part of Defence Reform\, Andy established the National Armaments Director Group\, bringing together the teams responsible for developing\, delivering sustaining\, housing and harbouring the UK’s ‘national arsenal’ and defence estate. Using his experience as DE&S CEO\, Andy’s role ensured a smooth stand-up of the group whilst recruitment for the permanent appointment took place. With the permanent NAD now appointed\, Andy is remaining to support him as Deputy NAD for the first few months of his tenure. \nJoin us on the 18th March at 1430 for a discussion on career navigation\, the future of the NAD\, and what lays ahead for Defence more widely! \n18th March 2026\, 14:30-16:00 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nRegister here URL:https://www.teamdefence.info/event/td-info-talks-in-conversation-with-andy-start/ LOCATION:Virtual – MS Teams CATEGORIES:Learning,Learning-Public,Vanguard,Vanguard-Public END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260217T120000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260217T130000 DTSTAMP:20260407T204904 CREATED:20260116T132555Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260116T132918Z UID:249980-1771329600-1771333200@www.teamdefence.info SUMMARY:TD-Info Talks - In Conversation with Paul Livingstone CBE DESCRIPTION:​Paul Livingston was appointed Chief Executive & Chair\, Lockheed Martin UK\, in April 2021 – he is responsible for all operations of Lockheed Martin UK and it’s subsidiaries\, in October 2024 he was additionally appointed as the Senior Executive for NATO within Lockheed Martin. \nPaul began his career as an engineering apprentice working in simulation and has since spent more than thirty-eight years in the defence sector. Since joining Lockheed Martin in 2001\, Paul has held a number of executive roles across the global corporation in the UK\, the Netherlands\, Brazil and South Korea.  He has also served as Managing Director of Ascent\, a 50/50 joint venture with Babcock International delivering the UK’s Military Flying Training System. \nPaul serves His Majesty’s Government as a Member of the Defence Industrial Joint Council and on the MOD’s “Raising Our Standards” External Challenge Panel.  He has previously been a member of the United Kingdom Investment Council and the Defence Suppliers Forum Executive Board.  He is a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society and a Strategic Advisor to the Women in Defence organisation. \nIn the June 2025 King’s Birthday Honours List\, Paul was appointed an Ordinary Commander of the Civil Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire for Services to the Defence Industry. \nPaul is a Non-Executive Director of Thames Freeport. \nJoin us on the 17th February at 12:00 for a discussion on the Defence landscape\, its future and career navigation! \n17th February 2026\, 12:00-13:00 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nRegister here URL:https://www.teamdefence.info/event/td-info-talks-in-conversation-with-paul-livingstone-cbe/ LOCATION:Virtual – MS Teams CATEGORIES:Learning,Learning-Public,Vanguard,Vanguard-Public END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220516T093000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220517T170000 DTSTAMP:20260407T204904 CREATED:20220401T101615Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220510T111956Z UID:239548-1652693400-1652806800@www.teamdefence.info SUMMARY:Robot Dog Olympics I DESCRIPTION:PLEASE NOTE\, the date of event has changed from 14/15 May to 16/17 May 22\nImagine an open architecture\, where the latest Robotic and Autonomous Systems (RAS) can plug and play into a system of systems\, with a device agnostic application store. Allowing user-centric workflows and enabling human machine teaming to deliver a step change in RAS capabilities and operational effects. \nJoin the Future Capability Group Open Innovations Laboratories to explore the Dev Ops environment; do you have the skillset and wherewithal to make this a reality? \nAs a digital native innovator with strong programming and Dev Op skills\, this is your chance to collaborate! Using open-source libraries enable your Team’s robotic dog to outperform the competition! \n2 days\, 40 competitors\, 10 tasks\, 4 teams\, 4 robot dogs. Which team will be victorious and win Gold. \nRobot dogs\, high performance computers\, Dev Ops environments\, refreshments\, spot prizes\, t-shirts and camaraderie all provided.Express your interest today: \nPLEASE NOTE THIS EVENT IS FULLY BOOKED \nFor more information please contact Vanguard’s \nJack.Wakefield@uk.fujitsu.com or steve.green@teamdefence.info \nFollow on activity will include a paper to inform thinking around Robotic & Automated Systems (RAS) Application Interface (API) Strategy URL:https://www.teamdefence.info/event/robot-dog-olympics-i/ LOCATION:Innovation Bridge Abbey Wood\, Stoke Gifford\, Bristol\, BS34 8JH CATEGORIES:FCG OIL-Public,RTI-Public,Vanguard-Public END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR