Glasgow hosted a defining moment for the UK defence community on 20 May as BIP Solutions, in partnership with ADS Scotland, convened the inaugural Scottish Defence Procurement and Supply Chain Summit. With prime contractors, SMEs, MOD officials, academia and skills providers all represented, the event reflected Scotland’s growing strategic importance – ...
By Jennifer Nelson, EVP International at IQT Boston Consulting Group has noted that over the past decade, US venture capital investment in defence has been 8.5 times higher than in Europe. Yet the UK retains a compelling competitive edge in its university ecosystem, which consistently generates world‑class research and talent across ...
The Ministry of Defence has launched VALOUR, a new £50 million nationwide veterans support network, and is calling on Welsh organisations to apply for funding to join the system as it expands across the UK. The Office for Veterans’ Affairs has already committed £13 million to 14 organisations across the UK, ...
The UK’s Defence Medical Command has hosted the Surgeon General of Ukraine’s Armed Forces for a visit focused on strengthening medical cooperation, sharing frontline lessons from three years of high-intensity warfare, and expanding joint research and training programmes. Major General Anatolii Kazmirchuk met senior UK defence clinical leaders including Chief of ...
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