Writing exclusively for the DPRTE Community, Derek Stirling, Operations Director – Defence UK&I at GXO, asks: What lessons can be learnt from defence supply chain best practice? As today’s global security environment becomes more complex, defence procurement to increase sovereign capability is intensifying. At the same time, the UK defence sector is undergoing a significant transition in response to priorities set out in the Strategic Defence Review and Defence Industrial Strategy. Now more than ever, logistics play a critical role to support this shift in focus and be scalable, agile and robust. At *DPRTE 2026, I was joined by Alan…
