About us
NSTIx existed until 2025 as an independent unit working across the UK government national security science, innovation and technology system.
The National Security Technology and Innovation Exchange (NSTIx) was an independent unit working within the UK government national security (NS) science, innovation and technology (SIT) system.
Within this government system, NSTIx was an enabler for innovation, collaboration and co-creation to help address common mission challenges.
NSTIx achieved this by delivering services that equipped government with the insights, connections, system solutions, opportunities and processes they need to achieve mission advantage. Its 5 core services were to:
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Provide cross-government SIT insights: Curate and communicate insights across and outside government to inform others’ decision making, prioritisation and delivery.
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Connect the government ecosystem: Support teams to better use limited expertise, resources and facilities more coherently and effectively to increase diversity of thought and avoid accidental gaps and unknown duplication.
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Tackle barriers and drive for change: Provide a coherent voice to amplify shared opportunities and pilot new ways of working to continually improve broader SIT outcomes.
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Enhance exploitation opportunities: Help government national security SIT teams to get the most out of what has already been done across the system both to enhance pull through and to maximise investment.
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Champion co-creation: Lead a network of individual government-led co-creation spaces designed to enhance delivery with industry, academia and wider government stakeholders.