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 ...
February 18, 2026
Land - £12M contract for Hypersonic missiles to benefit British-based businesses
The Ministry of Defence has awarded a £12 million contract to Amentum UK to accelerate the development of a sovereign
February 18, 2026
Homeland - PM calls for European collaboration
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, speaking at the Munich Security Conference on 14 February 2026, called for a strategic realignment
