The UK Government has welcomed deals between three of the UK’s largest defence contractors and the Polish Navy. An agreement between MBDA UK and the Polish Armaments Group (PGZ) is the third of PGZ’s contracts with UK companies under the Miecznik (“Swordfish” in Polish) programme, following agreements with Babcock and Thales ...
The UK and Czechia have strengthened defence export prospects as new Defence Minister James Cartlidge visited the International Defence and Securities Technologies Fair (IDET) in Brno at the end of May. Visiting stalls from some of the UK’s key Defence companies, including SUPACAT, Marshall Land Systems and BAE Systems, Cartlidge discussed ...
The EDA has launched a B2B service to allow defence industry organisations to connect with one another. The European Defence Agency (EDA) has launched a new B2B service to increase cross-border relationships in the defence industry. The platform is designed to be in line with the EDA core mission to strengthen ...
Sir John Parker has responded to the implementation of the National Shipbuilding Strategy following his report on Naval shipbuilding. The National Shipbuilding Strategy was the Government’s response to Sir John’s 2016 independent report on naval shipbuilding. The report made 34 recommendations to the government – all of which were accepted by ...