More than £150M worth of air defence and artillery has been delivered to Ukraine in the last two months, as procurement of hundreds of air defence missiles and thousands of rounds of artillery to provide to Ukraine ramps up. At least £700M of this support is set to be spent this ...
Defence industry suppliers across the UK are being urged to prepare for a significant wave of procurement opportunities, following the UK Government’s announcement of a £250M initial investment to future-proof His Majesty’s Naval Base Clyde (HMNB Clyde)—home to the Royal Navy’s Submarine Service and the UK’s nuclear deterrent. This funding is ...
Spaceport Cornwall has been selected to join the UK Ministry of Defence’s transformational Hypersonic Technologies and Capability Development Framework (HTCDF), positioning the Cornwall-based facility as a key contributor to Britain’s sovereign hypersonic technology capability development. The seven-year, £1Bn framework brings together ninety organisations from across industry and academia to rapidly ...
From supercharged 5G systems to a funding boost for local space clusters, new projects have been announced by the UK Space Agency, as figures show growing dependence on satellite technologies. As set out recently in the government’s Industrial Strategy, demand for space-based and space-enabled capabilities is growing fast globally. New figures, released ...