The Department for Work and Pensions has announced a significant restructuring of the United Kingdom’s apprenticeship framework, aimed at accelerating the development of skilled personnel for major industrial and defence projects. Under the new reforms, the administrative process for updating apprenticeship standards and developing specialised short courses will be reduced ...
Glamox, a global provider of lighting solutions, has confirmed the successful completion of the first night landing by a foreign partner helicopter on a UK Royal Navy Batch 2 Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV). The operation, involving a United States Coast Guard helicopter and HMS Trent, took place off the coast ...
Second Front Systems and Valarian have announced a strategic partnership aimed at accelerating the deployment of sovereign defence software across the UK and Europe. This collaboration arrives as European defence spending undergoes a transformative expansion, reaching an estimated €392 billion in 2025 – a 79% increase from the €218 billion ...
The UK Space Agency has commissioned three pivotal studies to explore the commercial and strategic potential of manufacturing advanced materials in Low Earth Orbit (LEO). This initiative focuses on In-Orbit Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing (ISAM), a sector identified by the UK government as a priority for both national security and ...
April 14, 2026
Land - Leonardo and Uplift360 Partner to Secure Sovereign Supply of Critical Materials
Leonardo has announced a strategic partnership with UK-based advanced materials scale-up Uplift360 to accelerate the recycling and reuse of military-grade
April 13, 2026
Air - GCAP Agency Awards £686m International Contract to Edgewing
The Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) has reached a definitive milestone with the award of its first joint international contract,
