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AWE: Playing a crucial role in nuclear defence

February 22, 2024

For more than 70 years, AWE has played a crucial role in the UK Government’s nuclear defence strategy.

Working to support the defence of our country, our mission is to support national and international security as an arms-length body of the Ministry of Defence.

Our role in nuclear defence is to design, manufacture, develop and maintain the warheads for Trident, the United Kingdom’s continuous at sea deterrent (CASD).

We operate from four sites across the UK and have some of the most advanced research, design and production facilities in the world.

With our specialist nuclear skills, we also provide unique technical assistance to arms control, nuclear security, and response to nuclear or radiological accidents and terrorism – a collection of specialised activities that we group together as ‘Nuclear Threat Reduction’.

We are extremely proud of our heritage and are focused on ensuring that our organisational capability and our uniquely skilled people continue to deliver support to the Ministry of Defence, the British Government, and our citizens for the next 70 years and beyond.

If you are keen to learn more about what we do and how we want to work with industry, it might interest you to know that AWE will be exhibiting at DPRTE 2024 in March. Please drop by Stand 131 to meet the team and learn more about what we do.

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