UK and US ministers have announced plans to boost science and technology collaboration
Defence ministers on both sides of the Atlantic have committed to enhance science and technology collaboration, develop joint programmes of research and strengthen engagement between industry and academia.
In the first formal science agreement, UK defence minister Philip Dunne and US defence under secretary Frank Kendall agreed collaboration on
- cyber security,
- space research, knowledge and capabilities,
- energy use and consumption.
The two countries have also agreed to build upon existing high-profile science and technology projects, including next-generation aircraft, counter-terrorism, force protection, and chemical and biological defence.
The US and UK are already each other’s largest international research partner.
