The UK National Defence Procurement and Supply Chain Summit returns to Manchester’s Kimpton Clocktower Hotel on Thursday 22 October 2026, and one of its most anticipated sessions will speak directly to a question that is increasingly on the minds of businesses across the UK’s technology, cyber, advanced manufacturing, and energy sectors: could what we do have a defence application, and if so, how do we actually get in? The session, titled “Crossing the Line: Dual Use Technologies, Regional Clusters and Routes into Defence,” is designed for exactly that audience. Not for established defence primes, but for companies that have built…
