The milestone reflects sustained collaboration between OCCAR, ARTEC, KNDS, Rheinmetall and the NAD Group, with manufacturing spanning facilities in Telford and Stockport and a supply chain supporting hundreds of skilled jobs across the country. The UK’s Boxer programme has reached a landmark, with the 100th Boxer Mechanised Infantry Vehicle delivered to ...
The shutdown of Anthropic, creators of Claude, provides a sobering reminder that the United States, the world leaders in frontier AI, can also decide who gets to use it. In the UK, the AI and online safety minister used the shutdown to argue that Britain must build its own AI, ...
Private capital investment flood into defence tech start-ups signals structural shift in how sovereign capability is being built and funded – with supply chain implications for established UK businesses. Venture capital investment in defence technology has reached $12.3 billion in the first half of 2026 alone, almost double the equivalent period ...
The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) has launched early market engagement on a major facilities management contract to support British Forces South Atlantic Islands (BFSAI), covering MOD sites across the Falkland Islands and Ascension Island. The contract is valued at £500m (£600m including VAT) and will run for ten years from ...
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