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The UK Government has welcomed deals between three of the UK’s largest de fence contractors and the Polish Navy.

UK and Poland Sign Landmark Defence Treaty

Homeland May 29, 2026

The UK has signed a major new defence and security treaty with Poland, with Prime Ministers Starmer and Tusk meeting in London on 26 May to formalise what is being described as the most significant step forward in the bilateral defence relationship in a generation. The treaty follows similar agreements with ...

While often invisible to frontline operations, FM plays a critical role in ensuring infrastructure is resilient, ready, and responsive to the needs of the Armed Forces whenever and wherever required.

Strengthening the MOD’s defence infrastructure with enterprise asset management

Land May 29, 2026

Article submitted by Peter Lemon, MACS’ sales director UK & Ireland. The Ministry of Defence’s estate is one of the largest and most complex in Europe. Comprising over 96,000 individual assets spread across 900 different sites, it covers 225,800 hectares in the UK alone. Its management is crucial, directly supporting the ...

A recent pilot delivered by Mears for the Ministry of Defence (MOD) demonstrates how a data‑led approach can provide the clarity needed to manage complex estates more effectively.

Mears & MOD pilot shows how data-led insight can transform estate management and retrofit planning

May 29, 2026

Housing providers and public‑sector asset owners are under increasing pressure to improve energy performance, ensure regulatory compliance and make better long‑term investment decisions, often while working with incomplete or unreliable stock data. A recent pilot delivered by Mears for the Ministry of Defence (MOD) demonstrates how a data‑led approach can ...

The UK has crossed a significant threshold in defence communications capability, with Dstl and Oxford-based SME Archangel Lightworks completing the country's first successful download of data from space using a deployable laser communications ground station. During a 90-second satellite pass over the Mediterranean, many gigabits of data were transmitted from a low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite to a ground station - a demonstration described by Dstl as the equivalent of moving from very slow internet to superfast fibre broadband. What the Technology Does Free space optical communications - laser comms - transmit data using narrow, low-power beams of non-visible light rather than radio waves. The shorter wavelength allows far greater volumes of data to be sent per second. Critically for military applications, the beams are extremely difficult to detect or intercept, and the narrow transmission reduces the risk of interference with other systems in an increasingly contested electromagnetic environment. The capability is directly relevant to Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions, where large volumes of data must be moved quickly to give UK forces an operational advantage. It could also form part of the UK's digital targeting web and is designed to be interoperable with the US Space Development Agency standard. An SME at the Centre of a Sovereign Capability Archangel Lightworks, the Oxford SME that developed and delivered the TERRA-M optical ground station used in the trial, is a notable example of the kind of specialist, sovereign industrial capability the Defence Industrial Strategy is seeking to grow and sustain. The company recently completed a Series A funding round that included investment from the National Security Strategic Investment Fund (NSSIF), and manufactures its systems at a facility in Oxford — positioned to scale production for UK deployment, sale or export. Dstl Chief Executive Dr Paul Hollinshead was clear on the wider significance:

UK Achieves First Optical Data Downlink from Space

Air May 29, 2026

The UK has crossed a significant threshold in defence communications capability, with Dstl and Oxford-based SME Archangel Lightworks completing the country’s first successful download of data from space using a deployable laser communications ground station. During a 90-second satellite pass over the Mediterranean, many gigabits of data were transmitted from a ...

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