A strategic deep-dive into the UK defence market — combining live procurement intelligence, policy signals, and practical guidance to help your business win more defence contracts.
This webinar covers five core areas designed to turn market intelligence into competitive advantage:
01 The Defence Investment Plan
£298bn confirmed over four years, including £15bn of genuinely new funding — what it means for suppliers, and where the money is landing.
02 Buy British: The New Rules on Who Wins
How PPN 025 reclassifies shipbuilding, steel, AI and energy as national security — and what it means for UK suppliers bidding into those sectors.
03 What We’re Seeing in Our Data
Live procurement intelligence from DCI’s 2025 Defence Procurement Summary — plus 864 contracts worth £2.18bn and 125 frameworks worth £297m expiring in the next 12 months, and defence Notice volume more than doubling month-on-month.
04 DCI Success Story
How Henry Brothers Ltd used DCI to sharpen pursuit decisions and build an intelligence-led BD practice.
05 Turn Intelligence into Action
Practical strategies — engage earlier, use intelligence, align with policy — to grow your defence pipeline.
THE MARKET OPPORTUNITY
The UK defence market has just received its biggest funding confirmation in a generation. On 30 June 2026, the government confirmed the Defence Investment Plan: £298 billion over four years, including £15 billion of genuinely new funding. Defence spending will rise from £54 billion today to around £80 billion a year by 2029 — 2.7% of GDP, the third-largest sustained increase of any NATO ally, and a sign of long-term demand across the entire supply chain.
| £298B Total Investment
Confirmed 30 Jun 2026, over 4 years |
+£15BNew Funding
Genuinely new money, not reallocated |
~£80BAnnual Spend by 2029
Rising from £54bn today |
2.7%GDP by 2029
NATO’s third-largest sustained increase |
KEY POLICY SIGNALS & PROGRAMMES
Recent announcements show both the scale of UK defence investment and a new emphasis on who gets to win it:
Buy British: PPN 025
Shipbuilding, steel, AI and energy reclassified as national security. Departments have been told to favour UK firms; award decisions can now be called in and overridden by the Cabinet Office.
£26B Naval Bases & Infrastructure
Investment across Faslane, Portsmouth and Devonport, plus over £63bn for the nuclear and submarine programme — concentrated opportunity for regional SMEs.
£11B Munitions & Energetics
Six new energy factories by 2030, rebuilding the UK’s Tier 2 and Tier 3 supply base for the long term.
£50B Export Finance
New commercial reforms, including a £500m Transformation Fund, are opening doors for exporters eyeing AUKUS and Indo-Pacific opportunities.
