Defence Manufacturing Solutions
Innovation matters—but scale wins the fight.
We're not here to build prototypes.
We're not here to compete with the Primes.
We're not here to build submarines or fighter jets.
We're not here to tackle multibillion-pound programmes that take decades to deliver.
The UK Battle Factory is here to transform Defence manufacturing by tackling one of the sector’s biggest challenges: moving breakthrough prototypes from concept to combat-ready systems at extreme scale. By bridging the so-called “innovation valley of death,” we provide the capacity to take promising ideas out of the lab and into mass production, ensuring the armed forces get the capabilities they need—fast.
At the heart of our approach is very large-scale additive manufacturing, enabling rapid, flexible, and sovereign production within the UK. Designed to be product-agnostic, UK Battle Factory can produce platforms and parts at extreme scale, independent of any single OEM and in the national interest.
This makes UK Battle Factory a strategic national asset: adaptable, resilient, and capable of delivering low-cost, high-volume, attritable systems at speed.
We are the ultimate industrial insurance policy.
Weapons of Mass Production
Battle Factory /ˈbæt.əlˌfæk.tə.ri/ noun — a secure and highly adaptable facility designed to rapidly produce low-cost, attritable, and weaponised capabilities at extreme scale.
Mass Producable Effects
UK Battle Factory addresses the strategic gap between prototype development and scalable production - bridging the innovation 'valley of death' by providing substantial rapid manufacturing capacity
Additive manufacturing at extreme scale
At UK Battle Factory, we believe additive manufacturing is how you bridge the gap — from innovative one-off prototypes to thousands of reliable, combat-ready systems.
Innovation at speed is vital. But scale wins the fight.
Niche Manufacturing
With a highly flexible floorplate and access to top UK talent, UK Battle Factory can rapidly pivot to meet any emerging manufacturing requirement.
Product Agnostic
UK Battle Factory can produce any parts or platforms on demand to meet large-scale production requirements and is not limited to any single OEM
Substantial Cost Savings
By shifting to a model of on-demand production, MoD could realise inventory savings of £100m-£300m per annumn
Made in the UK
Sovereign UK manufacturing capability, securing UK jobs, enhancing supply chain security, and increasing production resilience for sensitive UK defence and security requirements