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The UK’s Defence Industrial Reset: Procurement, Strategy & New Technologies
Marketing and Outreach Team
14 Oct 2025
10 Min Read
Procurement reform, MOSA, digital engineering, and data‑driven sustainment at the heart of the UK’s industrial reset — with exportability designed‑in.
The UK’s Defence Industrial Reset: Procurement, Strategy & New Technologies
Resetting the UK’s defence industrial base demands a pivot to modular architectures, digital engineering, and faster, more accountable procurement. Policy and programme coverage across FT, Reuters UK, and GOV.UK (MoD) converge on a common playbook.
MOSA & interfaces. MOSA lets programmes swap subsystems without full redesigns. Open interfaces with certification regimes invite competition and speed upgrades. Digital twins and threads reduce integration risk, while Janes case studies show how model‑based systems engineering can expose issues earlier.
Sustainment & data rights. Telemetry, predictive maintenance, and secure cloud patterns (NCSC) drive through‑life efficiency. Contracts should specify data rights, SBOMs (CISA SBOM), and exportability requirements (DSE).
Acquisition reform & exemplars. US OTA pathways, Israel’s rapid prototyping culture, and France’s modularity offer models. Success in the UK means empowered programme offices, ruthless prioritisation, and shared test infrastructure. For industry and AIC, the differentiation is at the software, data, and security seams — the connective tissue that makes systems certifiable and exportable.
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Marketing and Outreach Team
AIC’s Marketing and Outreach Team builds visibility and trust across Defence and security. We deliver strategic campaigns, thought leadership, and stakeholder engagement while balancing transparency with discretion. Our mission is to position AIC as a trusted, innovative partner to the UK MoD and beyond.
