Membership of the Alliance gives participating Universities the opportunity to contribute their expertise to national security and resilience challenges, strengthen collaboration with government and industry and help to ensure the UK maintains sovereign capabilities and technological leadership.
The UK faces acute and evolving security threats, and responsible partnerships between Universities and the defence sector support national resilience and can play an important role in helping us respond to and mitigate new threats as they emerge.
Defence-related research generates wider public benefits, including economic growth and jobs, technological innovation and improved resilience of critical systems. University breakthroughs in Industrial Strategy sectors have also had positive spillovers across the wider economy.
Along with other members of the Alliance, the University shares an ambition to ensure that our world-leading research can be mobilised in an ethical and trusted way for public benefit, including keeping the UK safe and resilient.
Formation of the Alliance is still at an early stage and we will provide more information in due course.