A major infrastructure programme is now underway at RAF Brize Norton, the UK’s busiest military air base, as part of a wider push to renew and future-proof critical airfield infrastructure across the Defence estate. The project, delivered by the Defence Infrastructure Organisation, will see the base’s 3km runway surface fully replaced ...
For all the modern innovation in venture capital, history often repeats itself. The First and Second World Wars led to unprecedented public investment in industrial capability and advanced manufacturing, which later found widespread commercial application. Similarly, the Cold War drove sustained investment in semiconductors, satellite communications, and GPS. There is a ...
UK companies can play a bigger role in strengthening the nation’s critical supply chains, but barriers including procurement complexity, limited visibility of opportunities and buyer engagement prevent many from doing more, finds survey. The findings from the new UK Supply Report by the Critical Supply Group (CSG) show that almost three-quarters ...
The NATO Alliance has launched a new ‘Call to Action’ to global financial institutions, as they meet for the first day of the NATO Summit Defence Industry Forum in Turkey. The initiative – announced at the start of this week’s Summit in Ankara – calls for an increase in private ...