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<p>The National Security through Technology White Paper(Cm 8278) lays out our commitment
to open procurement, and that the Department and its agencies will conduct research
and development only where it is essential for our national security.</p><p> </p><p>The
Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl), a Ministry of Defence (MOD) Trading
Fund, delivers the majority of the MOD's Science and Technology Programme. Any ideas
generated within Dstl can be commercialised through Ploughshare Innovations Ltd, a
technology transfer company owned by Dstl.</p><p> </p><p>Where external suppliers
are contracted, the MOD leaves the intellectual property rights of any discovery or
technology with those suppliers to commercialise. The MOD retains rights to disclose
and use the intellectual property for UK Government purposes.</p><p> </p>
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