SEA, part of Cohort plc, has secured a UK Defence Innovation (UKDI) funding contract through the 2025 AUKUS Maritime Innovation Challenge, one of four companies selected from a competitive multinational field to advance undersea communications and autonomous systems control capabilities across the AUKUS partnership. The funding will be used to enhance ...
New research from Barclays paints a clear picture of where the UK innovation economy is heading: towards defence. More than half of UK tech and innovation firms (57%) are now targeting defence and national security markets, with 62% actively adapting their products and services to meet sector requirements. Defence-focused businesses ...
The Ministry of Defence is embedding a new approach to industry engagement across its procurement activity, with lessons drawn from urgent operational support to the Middle East now being formalised into a standing model for how Defence works with suppliers. At the centre of the change is the Defence Industrial Joint ...
The Government Office for Science has published a new Foresight report on supply chain risk and resilience that carries direct relevance for the defence sector, as the industry navigates an increasingly contested global environment and a government push to build sovereign industrial capacity. “Global Supply Chains: A Foresight report on risk ...
July 10, 2026
Homeland - NATO Launches Call to Action to Increase Private Investment in Defence
The NATO Alliance has launched a new ‘Call to Action’ to global financial institutions, as they meet for the first
July 10, 2026
Homeland - New national security law gives Home Secretary sweeping powers against foreign state-backed groups
Landmark legislation targeting hostile state activity on UK soil has received Royal Assent, handing the Home Secretary counter-terrorism style powers
