Recommendation 14

The Department explained that for the third segment, it has developed a process through its support for Ukraine whereby it provides industry with a problem statement and within a month gets proposals back from industry. It requires at least three proposals but often gets more than that, many 18 Q 39 19 Q 26 20 Q 26 21 Qq 26 and 41 22 Q 41 23 Q 22 11 from British small and medium-sized enterprises. The Department then uses experts to select the two best proposals, which are tested in the field. It then selects the best solution to scale up.24