Overview innovation spaces DDPS

The choice of a suitable innovation environment is based on various criteria. It is dependent on the challenge, the degree of maturity of the available solutions, as well as the desired solution.

If the customer and armasuisse S+T establish that no solutions currently exist or existing solutions only cover the need very inadequately, solutions and solution approaches are sought openly.

The innovation space «Booster» is oriented towards solution readiness levels 1 to 6. Here, possible solutions can be sought via the same procedures and tested in the same environments as is the case with the «Competition».

The «Idea Lab» is a methodologically relatively open instrument in which key personnel at the DDPS always develop joint solutions together with the customer.

In the «Sandbox» innovation environment, technology tests are performed with existing solutions with a degree of maturity of level 6 to level 8.

In the innovation space Test Run, innovative and potentially disruptive technologies with relatively high maturity and market availability are tested and validated by the user.