This standard provides a vocabulary for terms associated with the concept and application of Technology Insertion. It is to be used not just by the MoD community but also by the wider defence community in order to enable understanding and communication of the topic using agreed definitions and terminology.

The vocabulary provided consists of a set of key terms/words/phrases that are relevant to technology insertion and their definition. The content of the vocabulary has been compiled using existing glossaries and definitions of terms relating to the wider contexts in which technology insertion topics occur. In order to make the vocabulary a useful document, only the terms most closely related to TI and for which there would otherwise be potential for confusion or ambiguity have been included. As such terms for which standard English dictionary definitions will suffice or for which there is already a common understanding across the technology and acquisition communities have not been included.

The authoritative source for acquisition terms and definitions in the UK is MoD Acquisition Management System (AMS) and vocabulary definitions should not normally conflict with those in the AMS, though they may extend and better explain the AMS definitions.