Europe is living through heightened complexity and could be at the brink of a polycrisis. The continent’s export-led model is under strain, squeezed between China’s industrial policy and a more transactional United States. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine brings back hard security, and hybrid attacks on critical infrastructure have become routine. ...
Last week, a significant strategic alliance named Torus Defence Supply Chain was unveiled, bringing together four global industry leaders – Amentum, GXO Logistics, Accenture, and A.P. Moller – Maersk – to transform the UK defence sector’s logistics and procurement framework. This collaboration is specifically designed to align with the UK ...
The UK Ministry of Defence has disclosed the existence of four operational maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) facilities within Ukraine, with a fifth site currently in the planning stages. These facilities represent a significant evolution in the UK’s support strategy, shifting from equipment donation to localised industrial sustainment. Operated under ...
The United Kingdom has achieved a significant milestone in sovereign industrial capability with the establishment of its first domestic manufacturing process for ultra-high temperature Ceramic Matrix Composites (CMCs). This development follows a strategic investment by the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) in a pilot-scale, end-to-end production line managed by ...