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The UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund (UKI2S), managed by Future Planet Capital, has secured an additional £33.25m across three of its investment areas, taking total fund capacity to £150m. […]
New research from Barclays paints a clear picture of where the UK innovation economy is heading: towards defence. More than half of UK tech and innovation firms (57%) are now […]
Optera, an Australian-origin neuromorphic sensing company, has relocated to the UK and raised £3m to establish its headquarters and engineering team here, backed by a consortium of defence and national […]
BAE Systems is bringing digital innovation to the front-line with its newest capability – a Next Generation Indirect Fire Control System designed to enhance the precision, speed and connectivity 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 […]
A new Rapid AI Delivery unit has been announced, created to prepare the UK for the future of warfare, by putting AI-enabled tools into the hand of Britain’s Armed Forces. […]
Leading drone advisory firm Drone Major has announced an exclusive partnership with defence photonics company olee.space to bring a first-of-its-kind high-power laser counter-drone system to the UK, US and EU […]
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 […]
Battle-proven C-UAS interceptor in active operational use across land, sea and air; back-to-back orders signal significant acceleration in UK munitions stockpile strategy. The Ministry of Defence has signed a £36 […]
A first-of-its-kind project to develop cutting-edge uncrewed underwater technologies as AUKUS nations ‘step on the accelerator’ for Pillar 2. The project follows the first successful submarine maintenance period for a […]
QinetiQ has significantly expanded its magnetic signature testing capability at MOD Portland Bill, installing a new large-format water tank that enables uncrewed underwater vessels (UUVs) to be tested, certified and […]
