Nik Bhutani joined Northrop Grumman as Science and Technology lead for Northrop Grumman UK in 2018. He leads Northrop Grumman UK Science Technology & Innovation activities including the Artificial Intelligence Campaign as well and leading technology development in Space, Cyber, Autonomous systems and C2.

Prior to joining Northrop Grumman he was Private Secretary to MoD’s Chief Scientific Adviser and before that he was the Science Gateway in Joint Forces Command leading S&T in the C4ISR capability area based in Northwood.

Previously Nik has held a number of roles in Dstl, as an operational analyst.

He holds a BA in Economics and Computer Science from University of Liverpool and Msc in Management science from De Montfort University as well as an MBA from Henley Business School.