ROYAL AIR FORCE
into a particular vendor and designed on a particular set of hardware .
“ The Raven team has proven that the talent is within the Royal Air Force and within wider Defence to design and deliver solutions rather than asking industry to come up with a range of solutions to meet our requirements ,” says Brockie .
“ We know that Raven can deliver . By procuring from the commercial market at the time of need , it allows us to exploit the latest technology giving us the flexibility that we require to secure , sustain and deliver information services at the speed of relevance .”
“ THE RAVEN TEAM HAS PROVEN THAT THE TALENT IS WITHIN THE ROYAL AIR
FORCE AND WITHIN WIDER DEFENCE TO DESIGN AND DELIVER SOLUTIONS ”
MARTIN BROCKIE GROUP CAPTAIN , ROYAL AIR FORCE
Traditionally , Defence has worked with large ‘ primes ’ – large organisations that certainly helped achieve big capital capabilities like ships , planes and tanks . However , as the RAF moves towards a digital age , it needs to look at different partners that can exploit other areas of the RAF ’ s needs .
To that end , the RAF is looking to partner with smaller companies , academia and startups , to transform how they do business in the future – moving away from the customer / vendor relationship to working in partnership . But how easy or attractive is it for nimble SMEs to consider working for an institution like the RAF .
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