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AWE: Playing a crucial role in nuclear defence

February 22, 2024

For more than 70 years, AWE has played a crucial role in the UK Government’s nuclear defence strategy. Working to support the defence of our country, our mission is to support national and international security as an arms-length body of the Ministry of Defence. Our role in nuclear defence is to design, manufacture, ...

BT x MOD: 26 years of benefits and collaboration

Land January 30, 2024

For the past twenty-six years, BT has been a trusted and reliable partner to the Ministry of Defence. Through technological innovation and collaboration, together they’ve achieved brilliant things. The beginning of DFTS Before the start of the DFTS (Defence Fixed Telecommunications Service) Agreement, over 50 different voice and data networks were in ...

Positive tension: creating a culture of psychological safety in defence

Land January 25, 2024

Writing for Defence Online, AtkinsRéalis’ Andrew Terry explores the benefits of creating a psychologically safe environment within the workplace. Martin Luther King, Jr. once said “There is a type of constructive nonviolent tension that is necessary for growth.” As humans, many of us are uncomfortable with tension – particularly in the ...

Decarbonising defence: how asset data architecture can help

August 24, 2023

Atkins’ Elspeth McIntyre considers how asset data can help defence to meet its decarbonisation targets. Across the globe, nations’ national defence organisations are major asset owners and – consequently – major contributors to greenhouse gas emissions. The UK’s Ministry of Defence, for example, owns about 1% of the UK’s total landmass, ...