D3IP Explained: Bringing Rapid Innovation & New Perspectives To Real-World Challenges

The pace and complexity of technology change and evolving global threats are increasing exponentially, so defence, law enforcement, and national security organisations face an imperative to continuously and rapidly innovate. But how do you do that within narrow supply chains which can be slow and bureaucratic, and often restrict access to the widest possible supply base?

Enter D3IP, which is now bringing rapid innovation and new perspectives to real-world challenges through collaboration and co-creation. We’re enabling those with the right skills and expertise to share their knowledge and showcase capabilities that might otherwise have gone unnoticed, regardless of whether or not they’ve previously engaged with public sector frameworks.

D3IP is already supporting law enforcement and defence organisation achieve better and more rapid outcomes. How do we do that? By establishing a community of collaboration partners to co-create in a way that’s beneficial for all parties. We facilitate novel relationships between strategic and operational partners (like Army Innovation and NavyX) and industry partners (from SMEs to large organisations), partners in academia, specialist subject matter experts, policy and regulatory bodies, and more.

We use our four pillars to deliver the best outcomes, whether that’s learning lessons and capturing knowledge for better-informed decision making in the future, or progressing exciting new capabilities so they get into the hands of end users quicker.

Why focus on building a diverse and varied collaboration community when there are large organisations with the scale and funding to deliver new capabilities? Because new perspectives ignite creativity by challenging conventional wisdom and breaking down cognitive biases.

“Knowledge is power” – Sir Francis Bacon

Each partner brings their own unique insights, experiences, and expertise to the table. This diversity of thought stimulates innovative thinking, encourages out-of-the-box solutions, and fosters a culture of continuous learning and adaptation.

But more than that, the diversity of the D3IP Community enables a more agile approach to innovation. Historically narrow supply chains have limited the number and range of companies that can successfully work within them, often stifling innovation, agility and creativity.  We offer the opportunity – through an agreed approach to innovation, research, development, prototyping, and experimentation – a lower barrier to entry for organisations to engage in a more agile way.

How You Can Seize Opportunities With D3IP

D3IP is a catalyst for rapid innovation and bringing new perspectives to the supply chain: our strength relies on having a diverse community who are ready to seize opportunities and tackle challenges presented by our strategic and operational partners.

Our industry and academic partners get access to the organisations and challenges that have been traditionally restricted to a small group of large companies. There is also access to communities of interest, industry events and showcasing opportunities, and more through this collaboration nerve centre.

For strategic and operational partners, there’s access to a diverse supply chain built on agile thinking, collaboration, and new perspectives, thereby enabling more effective innovation and development of capabilities and knowledge.