Membership for the West Midlands RDSC
Membership of the West Midlands RDSC is free of charge – and comes with a wide range of benefits.
Our Partners
How You Can Benefit:
Build new relationships with partners developing innovative products, services, and capabilities.
Gain access to the West Midlands defence and security landscape, including visibility of current priorities, emerging needs, and procurement requirements.
Stay informed of demand signals from industry and MOD, enabling better alignment of strategic planning.
Find potential project partners and suppliers with established defence and security sector relationships.
Share knowledge and join a collective voice advocating for betters systems and policies, including areas such as skills development and supply-chain improvement.
Who Can Join?
Members:
Any industry organisation or academic body within the WMRDSC's geography offering products, services, R&D and technology solutions that can be applied in a Defence & Security domain can become a member of the WMRDSC.
Strategic Partners:
Organisations such as local and central government bodies, other clusters, D&S trade bodies, funding bodies, investors and other Third Sector bodies can become 'Strategic Partners' of the WMRDSC.
Affiliates:
Organisations located out of the West Midlands that can help the Cluster address specific gaps in capability or provide ongoing opportunity to the WMRDSC's members/region can become affiliate members of the RDSC.
What You Benefit from as a West Midlands RDSC Member:
Access to a diverse regional network across industry, academia and government, with opportunities to collaborate on innovation, capabilities and sector needs.
Regular updates on defence and security developments, including demand signals from MOD and industry.
Invitations to events, workshops and knowledge-exchange sessions hosted by members and partners.
Visibility of procurement priorities and emerging opportunities across the West Midlands defence landscape in partnership with MOD.
Briefings, guidance and signposting on funding, investment and export opportunities.
Routes into university contacts, testbeds, and Catapult centres to support innovation and capability development.
Opportunities to influence regional priorities and contribute to policy, skills, and supply-chain initiatives through working with groups.
Be Part of the Network
Join a growing community shaping the future of defence and security in the West Midlands