AMRICC has shifted from commissioning into commercial delivery at scale. Its latest performance figures point to rising demand for pilot-scale ceramics work, with direct implications for UK defence, aerospace, and high-temperature manufacturing capacity.
Issue 1 is live as pressure intensifies across defence manufacturing chains. Our launch edition follows that strain through land systems, soldier modernisation, batteries, compliance, and the supply-side disciplines that increasingly decide whether capability can move beyond announcement and into delivery.
BAE faces a US-led push to lift munitions output sharply. Energetics, guidance electronics, supplier qualification, and hazardous-process capacity will determine how far that production surge can actually go.
AeroVironment’s latest Army award targets a critical defence bottleneck. The GENESIS programme will expand the infrastructure used to validate advanced missile and EO/IR sensors, giving Redstone Arsenal more capacity to test complex hardware before it reaches the range.
Honeywell’s aerospace separation is moving from strategy to industrial reality. The Form 10 filing sets out the scale, platform exposure, and production pressures that will define one of the US market’s largest standalone aerospace and defence suppliers.
Hanwha’s Geelong rollout marks a genuine Australian armoured production milestone. The first locally built AS9s show that sovereign artillery manufacturing now extends into factory throughput, workforce transfer, and test validation.
Tanium’s CMMC Level 2 win tightens defence cyber compliance rules. The certification positions its endpoint platform for contractors handling Controlled Unclassified Information, as the US Department of Defense phases CMMC requirements into solicitations and flow-down obligations across the Defence Industrial Base.
Nuburu and Maddox plan mobile additive manufacturing for NATO forces. A new joint venture with Tekne targets containerised production units to fabricate drone parts and mission-critical components on demand, reducing reliance on centralised supply chains and supporting distributed sustainment for unmanned systems.
HMS Dragon sails east as Britain counters drone attacks again. The Type 45 destroyer and Wildcat helicopters armed with Martlet missiles are deploying to the Eastern Mediterranean to bolster air defence for UK interests and allies, drawing on Sea Viper’s rapid-fire missile capability.
Airbus will expand Capa-X drone capability for European defence agency. Survey Copter has been selected for the EDA’s 48-month M2UAS project, worth about €1.1 million, to study a hybrid, configurable uncrewed aircraft for ISR, electronic warfare, and other missions.