Day: July 2, 2026

New Air Defence Warships for ‘Hybrid Navy’ Following DIP

The National Armaments Director Group will work with industry partners and allies to deliver a Hybrid Navy fit for future warfare. At least six new warships will be built under the Defence Investment Plan (DIP), delivering the UK’s most advanced maritime air defence capability and keeping UK shipyards working for decades to come. The Common […]

The Enterprise Bid Director’s Guide to Expiring Contract Alerts Intelligence

In enterprise bid management, the contracts that matter most rarely announce themselves. They expire quietly, re-procure within a compressed window, and reward the organisation that was paying attention months before the tender notice dropped. For bid directors managing high-value portfolios, contract expiry intelligence is not a convenience feature — it is the foundation of a […]

How to Uncover Cross-Border Opportunities in the European Public Sector

European public procurement represents one of the most significant — and most underutilised — revenue opportunities available to enterprise defence, security, and technology suppliers. With public contracts across EU member states accounting for approximately 14% of EU GDP and over €2 trillion in annual contract value, the scale of what is accessible across borders is […]

How Can I Forecast Expected Tender Volumes for the Next Quarter?

Most defence contractors respond to the market as it appears, not as it will be. By the time a requirement is published on the Defence Sourcing Portal, your competitors have often already mapped the opportunity to their pipeline, engaged in pre-market dialogue with the buyer, and deployed their bid team. If your organisation is still […]

New World-Leading Lab to be Built at Secretive UK Research Site

Expert UK scientists working on the most innovative defence technologies will be backed by £580 million of infrastructure funding over the next four years, including to build a new world-leading new laboratory and expand their research. The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) is dedicated to cutting- edge research into new science and technologies for […]

NAO: Repurchase of Service Family Accommodation ‘Prevents Further Lost Value’

A report from independent public spending watchdog, the National Audit Office (NAO), looks at the process by which the Ministry of Defence (MOD) bought back 36,000 homes for service families; homes which were sold in 1996 and subsequently leased back at huge cost to the taxpayer. The report estimates that the public purse is some […]

UK Launches First Climate Security Taskforce

The UK government has launched its first dedicated climate security taskforce, bringing together leading academics, military figures and security experts to assess and strengthen the country's preparedness for the national security consequences of climate change and nature loss. Announced on 26 June by Climate Minister Katie White, the taskforce is co-chaired by White and Security Minister Dame Angela Eagle and will advise government on how to better anticipate and respond to the growing risks climate change poses to stability, infrastructure and supply chains. It will identify gaps in existing preparedness, review resilience work across government and set out clear recommendations to strengthen readiness. The context is pressing. The UK's 2025 National Security Strategy identifies climate and nature loss as core drivers of global instability and security risk. This week the UK is experiencing another record heatwave; the UK Health Security Agency estimated over 1,500 heat-related deaths last summer, and analysis has shown that hot and dry conditions in 2025 led to £800 million in crop losses for British farming. Dame Angela Eagle set out the breadth of the risk, describing climate change as "disrupting supply chains, which pushes up prices in the shops" and "driving conflict and instability around the world." The taskforce will examine how climate impacts overseas translate into domestic pressures, including risks to the UK and global economy as assets, infrastructure or entire regions become too costly to insure or invest in, and rising geopolitical tensions in areas such as the Arctic where melting ice is creating new security challenges. The initial taskforce membership draws on expertise spanning food systems, energy, geopolitics, biodiversity and climate diplomacy. It includes General Richard Nugee, Non-Executive Director for Climate Change and Sustainability at the MOD, who said he was delighted to join a group that "puts climate change and biodiversity loss at the heart of National Security for this country." Janani Vivekananda, Director of the Climate Diplomacy and Security Programme at Adelphi Global, described the taskforce as an opportunity to ensure the UK "acts early and decisively with integrated, evidence-based and accountable responses that prevent climate and nature risks from becoming crises." For defence and security supply chain businesses, the establishment of the taskforce is a signal that climate security is moving from policy aspiration to structured government action, with implications for infrastructure resilience, logistics, energy systems and the sustainability requirements attached to procurement. Businesses operating in sectors where climate risk intersects with national security, from energy and utilities through to logistics, construction and technology, should monitor the taskforce's emerging recommendations closely. Relevant capability areas for businesses seeking to engage with climate security and resilience procurement include: Climate resilience and infrastructure protection Energy security and clean energy systems integration Sustainable supply chain management and risk assessment Defence estate sustainability and net-zero compliance Geospatial and environmental risk intelligence Logistics and supply chain continuity planning Nature-based solutions and biodiversity in defence estate management

The UK government has launched its first dedicated climate security taskforce, bringing together leading academics, military figures and security experts to assess and strengthen the country’s preparedness for the national security consequences of climate change and nature loss. Announced on 26 June by Climate Minister Katie White, the taskforce is co-chaired by White and Security […]