BCG: Overcoming the Six Unspoken Barriers That Impede Defense Innovation
Report edited by Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and MSC's Security Innovation Board as part of The Defense Innovation Readiness Gap Series
Ministries of Defense (MoDs) are not meeting their innovation goals. In 2022, the Munich Security Conference Innovation Board (MSC) and Boston Consulting Group (BCG) first identified the defense innovation readiness gap—the gap between ministries’ aspirations for innovation and their ability to generate results. Since then, the gap has widened. External factors such as heightened geopolitical tensions play a role, as do supply chain disruptions and the complexity of emerging technology. Yet many aspects of the forces responsible for expanding the gap lie within MoDs’ control.
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