MOD to Bridge Army Tactical Comms Support with £180m Direct Award to Babcock

The Ministry of Defence is preparing to place an interim 18-month contract worth up to £180 million, including VAT, with Babcock Integrated Technology Limited to keep the British Army’s tactical communications equipment maintained and repaired while a competitively tendered successor is procured. The transparency notice, published on 10 August 2026, covers logistics support, repair and […]
From Plan to Pipeline: Manchester Summit to Help Suppliers Turn the Defence Investment Plan into an Actionable Business Strategy

A dedicated session at the DPRTE UK National Defence Procurement and Supply Chain Summit will cut through the DIP’s headline numbers to give Tier 2 and Tier 3 suppliers the granular commercial intelligence they need to build a credible, defensible pipeline from the UK’s most significant defence spending commitment in a generation. The UK National […]