Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire & Chilterns Regional Defence & Security Cluster

Welcome to the Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire & Chilterns Regional Defence and Security Cluster (OBC RDSC). We are one of a growing network of regional clusters, whose purpose is to enable defence and security organisations to meet emerging threats in a timely manner, by enhancing and invigorating the UK industrial base. We are thereby helping the Government to deliver the ambitions of the Defence and Security Industrial Strategy (DSIS) and the Defence Command Paper, “Defence in a Competitive Age”. The OBC RDSC is established as a collaboration between industry, academia, STFC-UKRI, and local and combined authorities, to deliver these objectives across the region. It includes existing MOD suppliers and innovative SMEs, together with the technology growth hubs at Harwell, Culham and Westcott.