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Private capital investment flood into defence tech start-ups signals structural shift in how sovereign capability is being built and funded – with supply chain implications for established UK businesses. Venture […]
75 inward investment projects and 5,500 jobs created or protected in 2025-26 as £50 million defence deal cements Wales as emerging hub for autonomous defence capability. Wales attracted 75 foreign […]
Business and Trade Committee calls on ministers to set strategic direction on European relationship as SAFE programme exclusion and defence industrial alignment leave supply chain in limbo. A House of […]
Leonardo and Turkish unmanned systems manufacturer Baykar have completed the first phase of live flight trials under the K-SWARM programme, successfully demonstrating crewed/uncrewed teaming between Leonardo’s M-346 Fighter Attack aircraft […]
Defence Secretary Dan Jarvis MBE has announced a £752 million package to deliver 150,000 drones and more than 350 air defence missiles and radars to Ukraine by the end of […]
Europe’s largest drone testing centre has officially opened in Swindon, representing a shift in UK defence innovation – based on lessons learned from both the Ukraine and Iran conflicts. The […]
NATO’s Secretary General, Mark Rutte has called for the defence industry to speed up production and innovation across the Alliance. Speaking at the Transatlantic Defence Industry Access Forum, Mr. Rutte […]
Ten battlefield-validated Ukrainian startups pitch to UK investors, MOD representatives and prime contractors as structured commercial routes between Kyiv and Western markets begin to take shape. Ukraine’s government-backed defence tech […]
A major new fighter jet deal announced on 28 May will see 36 Swedish Gripen aircraft delivered to Ukraine, with over 30% of each aircraft manufactured in the UK and […]
Babcock and Truflo Marine have announced a new UK pilot initiative at the Combined Naval Event 2026, designed to demonstrate how allied submarine sustainment supply chains can be mobilised more […]
In the space of a few weeks, the Strait of Hormuz has moved from a regional security concern to one of the most consequential drivers of UK defence procurement activity […]
Somerset-based defence technology company SEA, part of the Cohort plc Group, has been awarded the King’s Award for International Trade – the UK’s highest official business honour – in recognition […]
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