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The Ministry of Defence is preparing to place an interim 18-month contract worth up to £180 million, including VAT, with Babcock Integrated Technology Limited to keep the British Army’s tactical communications equipment maintained and repaired while a competitively tendered successor is procured. The transparency notice, published on 10 August 2026, covers ...
Defence Secretary on his first visit to Scotland tours Babcock’s Rosyth facility and Service Family Accommodation in Edinburgh On his first visit to Scotland as Defence Secretary, Wes Streeting has today underlined the nation’s vital role in the UK’s defence. During the visit, Mr Streeting saw first-hand how UK defence investment is supporting national security, skilled jobs and service families, with nearly 12,000 jobs ...
From NSPA contracting to AUKUS Pillar 2 and the UK-EU security pact, the addressable market for UK defence suppliers has expanded materially – and a dedicated session at the DPRTE UK National Defence Procurement and Supply Chain Summit will cut through the acronyms to give a commercially grounded account of ...
New analysis from the Institute for Public Policy Research makes the economic case for deeper allied defence cooperation – and warns that without expanding industrial capacity, higher spending risks feeding defence inflation rather than maximising capability. Stockpiling weapons and ammunition with European allies and combining procurement orders could create up to ...
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