UK Defence Innovation is inviting proposals across five urgent operational challenge areas, with contracts of up to £1 million available for technologies that can reach deployment scale within 12 months of project completion. UK Defence Innovation has launched Cycle 8 of its Innovation Support to Operations competition, inviting innovators from across ...
Article submitted by Noah Liot. In 1950 Jean Monnet persuaded Europe that pooling coal and steel would make another Franco-German war almost impossible. The idea was control – own the inputs and constrain the conflict. Steel decided the last century’s wars. This century’s are being decided by semiconductors, yet Europe makes ...
Feasibility study contracts worth up to £300,000 each mark the opening phase of a programme to build at least six new energetics manufacturing facilities across England, Scotland and Wales – restoring a sovereign munitions supply pipeline that has declined over decades. The Ministry of Defence has awarded feasibility study contracts to ...
A record 117 transactions in the first half of 2026 confirm that institutional appetite for UK defence and national security businesses has never been greater – with sovereign IP, proven government relationships and UK-based manufacturing commanding significant strategic premiums. UK defence mergers and acquisitions have hit a record pace in the ...
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