Ploughshare

Ploughshare enables UK government intellectual property (IP) to go further.

We turn government-developed and crown-owned intellectual property into impactful products and solutions through commercialisation. We get the latest innovation and technology to market by negotiating license agreements and creating spin-outs.

Wholly-owned by the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD), we work with R&D teams within DSTL, AWE and other MOD science and technology labs to drive innovation forward across four portfolios – defence and security, digital science, health and wellbeing, and climate, environment and sustainability.