Team Defence Information

TD-Info Town Hall Meeting
2023-12-14 10:00 - 15:00 (Europe/London) | Active Conference Centre, Thornbury Active Lifestyle Centre,Alveston Hill, Thornbury, South Gloucestershire, BS35 3JB, United Kingdom
The Team Defence Executive Team operate monthly sessions which will look to support and mature opportunities and guide the broad portfolio of Team Defence Activities so they align with the strategic direction and focus set by the Team Defence Strategy Group.
Please arrive by 10:00am for an 11:00am start.
This meeting will be held as a Hybrid meeting and will take place at the Active Conference Centre in Thornbury as well as online. The online details will be sent to all those who register.
Please be aware, this event is open to TD-Info Members only. Please register using your member organisation email domain.

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Agenda

Lead Sponsors Forum
2023-12-13 13:00 - 15:00 | Appian, 20 Fenchurch Street, London, EC3M 3BY
The Lead Sponsors Forum reviews TD-Info’s performance against agreed strategic goals and helps define its future agenda.
Lead Sponsor Forum members are senior figures invited to join from TD-Info’s membership. This meeting is by invitation only.
Hybrid Meeting – Teams details to be sent out prior to the event.

Defence Support Business Functional Model WG
2023-12-13 10:30 - 12:30 | TD-Info, 6A Pinkers Court, Briarlands Office Park, Bristol, BS35 3QH, United Kingdom
The next meeting of the Defence Support Business Functional Model Working Group takes place on Wednesday the 13th December in the TD-Info Offices. This working group was started in November last year, to provide Industry with the opportunity to comment on the Business Functional Model that is being developed by the Defence Support CIO’s architecture team. The model provides an important set of requirements for the Business Modernisation for Support workstream, (BMfS). There has been a hiatus since our last meeting in March of this year so please take this opportunity to reengage in this important work.
Terms of Reference are being drafted for review and acceptance at the meeting, which will start a 10:30 and finish at 12:30 followed by lunch. Please see the draft agenda for the meeting. You will appreciate that there is a lot to be getting on with and Industry’s involvement is very important.
Although the meeting will be a hybrid meeting we would like to encourage as many as possible to come in person. For those who can’t attend in person you will receive a teams link upon registration.

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Draft Agenda

Industry Customers Engagement Forum (ICEF)
2023-12-11 13:00 - 15:00, 2023-10-30 13:00 - 15:00 | MOD Corsham, Westwells Road, Hawthorn, SN13 9NR
Industry Customer Engagement Forum – regular Industry Engagement meeting, hosted by MOD, to address issues affecting Industry-based consumers of MOD-provided services.
For further information, please contact Tony Butler

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Defence Asset Management CoP
2023-12-07 10:00 - 12:00, 2023-09-21 15:00 - 17:00
Under the auspices of TD-Info, the AMCoP is a standing joint MOD, Defence Industry and the Institute of Asset Management (IAM) community of practice. The IAM is the Asset Management (AM) professional body and will be represented by the IAM SW Branch.
The AMCoP will offer outputs and information that can be exploited by Asset Management professionals across the whole of MOD and Industry. These outputs will improve day to day practices in Asset Management across Defence as well as informing strategic decisions about professionalization.
The agenda will be released to attendees once the presenters and content have been confirmed.

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Agenda

Team Defence Strategy Group
2023-12-06 10:00 - 11:00, 2023-09-25 11:00 - 14:00
The Strategy Group has been established to interpret the 3* Advisory Board’s bi-annual areas of strategic focus along with outputs from the Team Defence Information Council to sponsor and approve Team Defence Information activities which align to these top-level objectives.
For further information, please contact Philippa Arter
This is a virtual meeting to be held on Microsoft Teams, a supporting slidepack and document suite will be made available prior to the session.

Integration Industry Working Group: Future Plans and Evolution
2023-11-30 10:00 - 12:30 | Virtual – MS Teams
MDI INDUSTRY WORKING GROUP – UPDATE AND EVENT REGISTRATION
Involvement Opportunity.
The planned event on 30 Nov 2023 has been awaiting an important update, we thank you for your patience.
Following a great deal of hard work going on behind the scenes, UKStratCom is ready to launch the next evolution of their MOD-Industry relationship building on the good foundations by the TD-Info MDI WG team, (acknowledged by MOD leaders recently at DSEI).
This evolution is centred on the new Integrated Design Authority (IDA) seeking a deeper collaboration with partners across industry, solving problems together and seeking best in class Integration ideas. This includes highlighting and driving collaborative benefit across: culture change; wider Government & NATO awareness; capability, including the importance of data, digital skills and more. Seeking open feedback to drive towards the next stage in the evolution of this relationship.
Maj Gen Rob Anderton-Brown (Capability Director UKStratCom) has asked that as many as possible join online on 30 Nov 2023 to contribute to Integrated Design Authority (IDA) brief and Q&A panel
Maj Gen Rob Anderton-Brown will be joined by other MOD seniors.
Ask:

Please support this virtual event by clicking on the registration link.

We help make the relationship happen and we all want clarity and then successful business from it.
2. We all need to offer to MOD the collective ask from industry for MDI delivery, please submit:

Headings (only) where industry require far more clarity from the MOD eg. Challenges (capability requirement), Teaming, Responsibilities in MOD for delivery, Timelines, Spending Forecast, etc.
A paragraph on your views and needs.

Please email to Snippy
Snippy will collate all replies (all anonymous but state if you wish to be quoted)

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Integrated Product Support (IPS) CoP
2023-11-30 10:00 - 12:30
To support the UK MoD and UK industry in improving Supportability Engineering (ILS) standards, processes (technical and management) and training in order to improve the effectiveness and the efficiency of Supportability Engineering (ILS) programmes and hence ultimately to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the Total System (comprising the System of Interest, the Support System and the Concept of Employment). That is, we strive to improve the Whole Life Cost Effectiveness of the “System of Interest”.

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Agenda

TD-Info Executive Team
2023-11-29 10:45 - 12:30, 2023-10-25 11:45 - 13:30
The Team Defence Executive Team operate monthly sessions which will look to support and mature opportunities and guide the broad portfolio of Team Defence Activities so they align with the strategic direction and focus set by the Team Defence Strategy Group.
This is a virtual meeting to be held on Microsoft Teams, a supporting slidepack and document suite will be made available prior to the session.

Def Stan 00-600 Working Group
2023-11-22 09:00 - 12:00 | MOD Abbey Wood, Stoke Gifford, Bristol, BS34 8JH, United Kingdom
The next Def Stan 00-600 WG meeting will take place on 22 November 2023 at MoD Abbeywood.
The meeting will aim to get feedback and comment on the following 2 draft documents which can be viewed by clicking the links to the right.
These documents have also been uploaded to the WG area in Kahootz.
Agenda (subject to change)
09.00 – 09.30: Open – Introductions
09.30 – 10.30 – DefStan 00-600 Pt 1- SML0; carbon neutrality; ISD / FOC definitions
Led by MB. The purpose of the item is to discuss and ratify the proposed amendments to part 1.
10.30 – 11.30 – DefStan 00-600 Pt 3 – CCT4.1 SIRP
Led by MB. The purpose of this item is to discuss and ratify the proposed amendments to part 3.
11.30 – AOB (if required)

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Document 1

Document 2

Joint Professional Development Working Group
2023-11-16 10:30 - 15:00 | TD-Info, 6A Pinkers Court, Briarlands Office Park, Bristol, BS35 3QH, United Kingdom
The meeting of the Joint Professional Development WG will start at 10:30 and finish at 15:00 . Please review the Terms of reference.
From this you will see that we have a lot to go through and Industry’s involvement is very important.
Although the meeting will be a hybrid meeting we would like to encourage as many as can to come in person. For those who prefer to attend virtually, the teams link will be sent upon registration.
Please contact Leyton Lark for further information.

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Terms of reference

Defence Support: The Parts Creation Framework - Early Market Engagement Exercise
2023-11-14 10:00 - 14:00 | VIRTUAL EVENT
Please complete the form to the right to register your attendance.
Please note that the event will be recorded for those unable to join on the day. The recording produced will be transcribed and uploaded to the Defence Sourcing Portal (DSP) as a part of the ITT documentation.
If you have any questions with regards to the framework please ask via DSP. Please note that we are unable to answer questions related to the framework outside of the DSP.
If your question relates directly to the event, or if you have issues with registering, please email UKStratCom-DefSp-PCF@mod.gov.uk
To find out more please visit the DSP Link

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MOD IPS Transition Working Group
2023-11-09 10:30 - 12:30, 2023-09-27 11:00 - 13:30 | TD-Info, 6A Pinkers Court, Briarlands Office Park, Bristol, BS35 3QH, United Kingdom
This sub working group is open to all interested parties that would like the opportunity to assist the Ministry of Defence transition to IPS and the ASD S-Series. There will be some complicated issues to discuss and resolve that would not likely be possible without the collective mindset and experience from the members of TDI. This sub working group will be held on a regular basis and will be fundamental to the MOD transition from ILS to IPS by September 2024. However this will not be a talking shop for any perceived issues or wished technical amendments to the ASD S-Series, its focus is solely on MOD adoption. Ryan Griffin (MOD IPS Transition Project Manager) and Mark Willis (CDS Defence & Security) will be the respective MOD and industry chairs.
Please contact Leyton Lark for further information.

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DAIC Robot Dog Hackathon
2023-11-07 09:00 - 2023-11-09 17:00 | Battlelab, Dorchester, MPHW+WP, Wool, Dorset Innovation Park, Dorset, Dorchester, DT2 8GB, United Kingdom
Are you a digital native innovator with strong programming or Dev Op skills? This is your chance to collaborate.
Join a diverse team from across Defence, industry and academia to employ robotic dogs powered by software and AI you will create. Use your skills and experience to complete a realistic challenge supporting our counter-improvised explosive device (IED) colleagues in the Army.
The Defence Artificial Intelligence Centre (DAIC), in partnership with the Expeditionary Robotics Centre of Expertise (ERCoE) is pleased to host the Robot Dog Hackathon on 7-9 November 23 at the BattleLab in Dorset. Supported by Team Defence Information, the event will bring together people from across the Ministry of Defence (MOD), industry and academia to work in teams to overcome a real-world Defence challenge.
You can be part of a specialist multi-disciplinary team to employ robotic dogs using open-source artificial intelligence (AI) and code to autonomously complete a hypothetical counter Improvised Explosive Device (IED) use case.
Do you have the skills, architecture, tools and techniques that MOD will need to develop future Robotic and Autonomous Systems capabilities?
Who should register?
Teams should be diverse and bring expertise and knowledge from outside as well as inside the defence sector. It is anticipated that teams will need a range of expertise and experience including but not limited to:

Agile Development
Solution Architecting
Software Development
Robotics
Data Science

Those working in the MOD (including innovation teams), industry, academia and experts in related sectors with matching skillsets are invited to sign-up. Register as a team or individually and we’ll help form teams to facilitate networking and knowledge sharing. Knowledge of the defence sector is not a requirement.
Please note the event is not intended for sales and business development representatives.
Registration
We ask all applicants to complete a few questions to help us better understand your skills and experience. Diversity in the teams is important and we do not expect applicants to all skills and experiences listed, but a broad range of expertise will stand you in good stead. All information provided will be held by Team Defence Information and will adhere to GDPR, with select individual information only shared within each Team.
Please complete the ‘Request for Information’ form, outlining your background, skills, knowledge and experience so that we can assign you to your team. Please return by Wednesday 11th of October – places will be confirmed by Monday 23rd October.
Note: When registering, please use your official email address (gov.uk, ac.uk, your-company.com, .mil, .edu, etc.) if possible to help with the process. All registrations are subject to review and approval.

JISCOT Meeting
2023-11-01 13:45 - 16:00 | TD-Info, 6A Pinkers Court, Briarlands Office Park, Bristol, BS35 3QH, United Kingdom
The Mission of the Joint Information Standards Co-ordination Team (JISCOT) is to co-ordinate, for the UK, the MOD and Industry representation in the identification, development, deployment and maintenance of a coherent set of standards to meet the needs of UK Defence from this global activity within the scope of Team Defence Information (TD-Info) activity.
This meeting will take place virtually using Microsoft Teams, and In-Person at the Team Defence Office in Rudgeway.
The venue of those attending in person is the Team Defence Information Office, 6a Pinkers Court, Briarlands Office Park, Gloucester road, Rudgeway, BS35 3QH.

Software Enabled Defence Working Group
2023-10-31 10:00 - 12:30 | virtual
Following the successful two-day Software Acquisition Review March 2023 at QQ Malvern, Steve Hyde MOD Software Lead formally launches this MOD – Industry co-creational and collaborative Software Enabled Defence Working Group in conjunction with Team Defence Information.
The Working Group is led by Steve Hyde (MOD) plus Kevin O’Reilly and Paul Hudson (Industry), facilitated by Shaun Hughes (TD-Info)
The session will confirm the findings of the Malvern Session and highlight the actions taken and proposed forward plan.
The Working Group targets another February / March 2024 two-day seminar to inform 2024/25 MOD – DE&S Plan

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SusDefSp SWG - Circular Economic Concept
2023-10-25 10:30 - 16:30 | Mott MacDonald, 10 Temple Back Bristol, Bristol, BS1 6FL, United Kingdom
General
As part of moving the Sustainable Support Strategy forwards the next Sustainable Defence Support (SusDefSp) Sub Working Group (SWG) will explore how circular economics can improve supply chain resilience, certainty of supply and create operational advantage.
Aim
Defence Support Futures are developing a circular economic concept note, the aim of this SusDefSp SWG is to expose initial thinking to wider stakeholders and provide the opportunity for industry, academia and others to provide challenge and insight to inform the next iteration of the concept note
Location
Virtual attendance will be on MS Teams
For those attending in person the venue is: Mott MacDonald, 10 Temple Back, Bristol, BS1 6FL
Date & Time
0930 – 1530 hrs Wednesday 25th October 2023.
Output
Following the working group the concept note will be uplifted and if required experimentation plans amended.
Outcome
The Concept note will describe how Defence must operate in the future, hypothesise about the benefits and through experimentation build an evidence base to inform future policy, capability development and investment decisions
Who should attend
Anyone with a responsibility for making their business more sustainable and implementing circular economics across their organisation will benefit from attending.
Format
This event will by hybrid, there are limited places to attend in person these will be allocated on first come first serve basis and limited to one person per company
Outline Agenda – subject to change

0930 Welcome to site add safety brief (Host)
0935 Open from Co Chairs (Defence Support Ian Florey and FNC Ian Tarplee)
0945 Def Sup Circular economic concept (Defence Support Sarah/Marina)
1005 Def Circularity activities – metal (DESA Leroy), Circular Development in Kevlar (Uplift 360Sam), DE&S Net 50 (DE&S ESPA James)
1105 Coffee
1130 Non defence perspectives (Mott MacDonald, Business Decision Making Framework (Loughborough Uni) , other sector UKRI KTN Rare earth metals and batteries (Sheena)
1230 lunch
1330 Workshop – challenge and insight to inform circular economic concept note (challenge, insight from other sectors, what is missing, where is it too ambitious or falling short, what don’t we know, what solutions are out there)
1430 Plenary – feedback from each group
1500 key takeaways and closing remarks (Co -Chairs)
1515 Coffee (TBC)
1530 Site visit (TBC)
1630 Depart (0r 1515 if no visits)

For additional information please contact nadeem.cheshti@teamdefence.info or Steve.green@teamdefence.info

EVENT PRE_READING: DOWNLOAD DRAFT CIRCULAR ECONOMIC CONCEPT NOTE

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Multi Domain Integration - Developing Digital Talent
2023-10-19 11:00 - 13:30
A key element of Multi Domain Integration (MDI), Defence Digital, Digital Deterrence, Software Acquisition Improvements, etc. is availability of digital talent plus a continued pipeline of capability.
Following the launch by General Sir Jim Hockenhull – Commander Strategic Command of the Digital Bursary at DSEI, we take an MDI WG opportunity to dig deeper to understand what it means for Defence including MDI and Industry.
The session, hosted Defence Digital’s Paul Hancock, will be informative and interactive.
Please register to explore and shape this important enabler to UK having essential and world leading digital talent.

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Digital Twin Community of Practice – Flares Investigation Tasks
2023-10-19 10:30 - 14:30
What this is – This a new TD-info, industry, and MOD collaboration project to define and demonstrate the viability of Digital Twin benefits for MOD countermeasures (Flares).
Why? – The field of Digital Twins as a whole hold’s incredible possibilities within the entire Defence landscape. In the case of air countermeasures – specifically flares – the ability for them to provide a decoy is a well-established concept and has been in service in the RAF since the 1960s with the Vulcan bomber. Not only is it relevant for today as a countermeasure, but it will also be relevant for the foreseeable future. Digital simulations and representations of flares systems have the potential to provide the MOD with an improved design, test, evaluation and through life support capability for its countermeasure assets. MOD have selected five topics for the Digital Twin Community of Practice to help them understand new approaches.
Project Strands Statement of Requirements will be briefed by MOD on…

Strand 1: Safety Trace
Strand 2: Environmental Testing Review
Strand 3: Consultation over Design of Experiments
Strand 4a: Composition – Combustion Modelling
Strand 4b: Dynamics Of Mixing
Strand 5: Asset Tracking

How and When – The full briefing via ‘Teams’ by TDI and MOD Project Strand Task Leads is on Thursday 19th October, 9:30 – 13:30. Please follow the link at the side of the page to register.
Why get involved? – Your contribution will enable you to understand the direction of travel from within Defence, shape, influence and assist towards MOD countermeasure development. There is also an event to work as part of a Team with equally capable and knowledgeable organisations within Defence and the wider digital community. This is also an opportunity for other industry experience and best practice to be showcased within the Defence environment.

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AdM as a Service Challenge Working Groups
2023-10-12 10:30 - 17:30 | Digital Manufacturing Centre Ltd, Silverstone Park, Silverstone, Towcester, NN12 8FU, United Kingdom
The Additive Manufacturing as a Service Challenge Face-to-Face Working Group Meeting will be held on Thursday 12 October 2023 at the Defence Manufacturing Centre (DMC) in Silverstone, Towcester.
Please do not delay registering as the number of spaces is limited to 100 attendees and the spaces will be offered on a first come, first served basis. The registration will close on 5 October 2023.
The aim of the event will be for the working groups to problem solve Spiral 1 issues to date.
The agenda is as follows:

09:30 Arrival – Tea & Coffee ​
10:00 Welcome & Housekeeping​
10:10 Agenda and Objectives for the Day​
10:15 Executive Group Welcome​
10:30 DMC & Vistory presentations​
11:00 Coffee break​
11:20 AdM as a Service Challenge update​
11:30 Update on Additive Manufacture Capabilities Knowledge Capture activity​
11:45 Lunch + DMC tour (Integration Task Force working lunch)​
13:45 Spiral 1 issues and focus for Working Groups​
14:00 Working Group Meetings​
16:00 WG Co-Chair Summaries & Wrap up​
16:30 Close

Please confirm your details via the Registration link if you wish to attend.

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ASD-STE100 Simplified Technical English® (STE) Training Courses
2023-10-09 10:00 - 2023-10-12 13:30
This course is a practical introduction for those who will use STE like technical authors or engineers in any sector including aerospace and defence. The course:

Explains what STE is and the benefits of using STE
Shows the delegates how to use the STE specification
Gives delegates opportunities to use STE in practical exercises.

We can adapt the course to suit your organisation so contact us to discuss this.
The rate for each delegate on the course is: £690.00 + VAT (tax) at 20%
Course length and content
Online delivery: 4 half-day sessions on consecutive days, 9:00 – 12:30 (Maximum 8 people.)
To find out more about our programme of STE training for 2023, delegate rates and how to book, please email Ciaran Dodd.

The Supportability Modelling & Analysis Strategy Community of Practice
2023-10-03 11:00 - 16:00 | TD-Info, 6A Pinkers Court, Briarlands Office Park, Bristol, BS35 3QH, United Kingdom
A working group that seeks to identify and promulgate good practice in life cycle cost modelling across the UK Defence sector and contribute to the realisation of the DSCM vision.
This next meeting will be held In-Person at TD-Info Offices and virtually using Microsoft Teams.
For further information, please get in touch with Frank Murphy

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Agenda

TD-Info Town Hall Meeting
2023-09-26 12:00 - 16:00 | Active Conference Centre, Thornbury Active Lifestyle Centre,Alveston Hill, Thornbury, South Gloucestershire, BS35 3JB, United Kingdom
The Team Defence Executive Team operate monthly sessions which will look to support and mature opportunities and guide the broad portfolio of Team Defence Activities so they align with the strategic direction and focus set by the Team Defence Strategy Group.
This meeting will be held as a Hybrid meeting and will take place at the Active Conference Centre in Thornbury as well as online. The online details will be sent to all those who register.

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Draft Agenda

UK Simplified Technical English Working Group
2023-09-21 14:30 - 16:30
The UK Simplified Technical English Working Group (UKSTEWG) is a group of representatives from leading UK organisations and companies that use Simplified Technical English (STE). The main purpose of the UKSTEWG is to understand the UK’s requirement for STE, promote STE in the UK, be a source of information and guidance on STE, and represent UK changes and recommendations to the Simplified Technical English Maintenance Group (STEMG).
If you are interested in joining the UKSTEWG, or have questions about STE, please contact TD-Info here.

Lead Sponsors Forum
2023-09-20 14:00 - 16:00 | Mitie, Level 12, The Shard, 32 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9SG, United Kingdom
The Lead Sponsors Forum reviews TD-Info’s performance against agreed strategic goals and helps define its future agenda. Lead Sponsor Forum members are senior figures invited to join from TD-Info’s membership. The Lead Sponsors Forum reviews TD-Info’s performance against agreed strategic goals and helps define its future agenda. This meeting is by invitation only.
Hybrid Meeting – Teams details to be sent out prior to the event.
