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 ...
UK Defence Innovation is inviting disruptive technology proposals across Home Office and NPSA priority areas, with funding of up to £350,000 available – but the first cycle closes in less than four weeks. UK Defence Innovation has relaunched its Security Open Call, inviting innovators to submit technologies and approaches that could ...
The UK’s leading technology trade association has given a cautious welcome to the MoD’s long-awaited SME Action Plan – but is calling for clearer ownership, quantifiable targets and greater capacity in the Office for Small Business Growth if the plan’s ambitions are to translate into measurable change within the timeframe ...
The selection of Tekever’s AR5 drone for the British Army’s next-generation battlefield surveillance capability signals a significant step in UK autonomous systems procurement – and confirms Swindon as the manufacturing base for a system already proven in Ukraine. The National Armaments Director Group has selected Tekever’s AR5 uncrewed aerial system to ...