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Today we launch the Bennett Innovation Lab (BIL).

BIL was born from a simple but urgent strategic imperative: if the UK wants to own the industries of the future, we must be able to build hardware-intensive technologies at unprecedented speed...
Yesterday was a significant moment for the UK.

The Tony Blair Institute's report on Disruptive Invention Labs makes a powerful case: if the UK wants to lead the industries of the future, we need new institutions built for autonomy, speed, & breakthrough invention — not just incremental progress
November 21, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Today we launch the Bennett Innovation Lab (BIL).

BIL was born from a simple but urgent strategic imperative: if the UK wants to own the industries of the future, we must be able to build hardware-intensive technologies at unprecedented speed...
November 20, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Scottish physicist Sir Robert Watson-Watt and his assistant Arnold Wilkins pioneered radar, often working under immense pressure and secrecy. Watson-Watt took the initial professional risk of pitching his theory - that radio waves could locate aircraft - to the Air Ministry in 1935
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November 19, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Hawker Siddeley and the Bristol Engine Company took the risk of privately funding the design of the Harrier Jump Jet when the UK government was dramatically cutting back manned fighter programs.

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November 18, 2025 at 8:46 AM
The engineering teams at Rolls-Royce were the driving force behind the turbojet engine for the Concorde. The engine’s core was a British-designed development of the Olympus engine used in the Vulcan...
November 17, 2025 at 8:26 AM