Multiple sites across the UK for new factories to make munitions and military explosives to boost the UK’s warfighting readiness have been identified as the government moves to the next phase of building the factories of the future.
In a speech in Westminster today, the Defence Secretary will announce that at least 13 sites across the UK have now been identified and will invite industry to submit proposals to meet the government’s requirements for energetics production. He will commit to “building the factories of the future in Britain” and expects industry to break ground on the first energetics factory in the next year.
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Source: GOV.UK
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