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DSEI 2017: Joint Forces Command fosters ‘miltech’ industry

13th September 2017 - 18:00 GMT | by Alice Budge in London

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The head of Joint Forces Command (JFC) has laid out an ambition for his command to become the ‘information command’ as he continues efforts to foster growth of a UK ‘miltech’ industry.

Gen Chris Deverell, Commander of JFC, used his keynote address at DSEI to set out the command’s strategy for exploiting technology and information services already in use in the commercial banking and finance sectors as well as emerging technology ahead of other UK services.

‘Information is very important for us, other commands their USP is not information. They have a heritage which is essentially platform based and kinetic…we

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