The Review team considers a detailed review of Defence Technology Strategy and associated relationships with industry, academia and other government organisations outside of its scope; however, the initiatives described above appear coherent and consistent with the DIS.
The report returns later in Chapters 6 and 7 to the subject of technology management and risk mitigation as they impact the acquisition system. The Defence innovation strategy provides guidance on important aspects of brining technology through to application without excessive risk or delay, but, as this report will later discuss, issues around technology "over-reach" and lack of "incremental" approaches appear to feature all too regularly in projects that are passing through the programme.