MoD endorsed a belief that a well documented supply chain that stimulates and exploits innovation is a critical enabler of technological innovation. The result was the "Competition of Ideas", a process to seek innovative solutions to defence problems, attracted over 450 proposals was launched 30th July 200727.
On the same day, the "Grand Challenge" was also launched where teams were invited to submit solutions to meet a defined capability need27. The MoD aimed to build on the success of both of these programmes through the creation of the Centre for Defence Enterprise.
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27 Challenge is on to find Britain's best technology innovators (VIDEO), Equipment and Logistics news article (31 Jul 2007)