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Delivering a secure future for all

Our mission

We design and manufacture warheads and provide nuclear services to meet the needs of defence.

Careers

We’re looking for talented and ambitious people to join us in our work at the forefront of nuclear defence engineering, science and technology.

About us

We are a team of remarkable people achieving extraordinary things, with some of the most advanced research and production facilities in the world.

Supply chain

There will be opportunities for businesses across a wide range of sectors in both our Astraea and infrastructure programmes.

The work we do makes a real difference, nationally and locally. It is vitally important work that we’re proud to do.

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AWE physicists celebrated at STEM for Britain 2025

Two aspiring physicists from AWE were recently honoured as finalists at the prestigious STEM for Britain 2025 event, an annual competition which provides a unique platform for early career research scientists, engineers and mathematicians to present ground-breaking work to policymakers, industry leaders and academics. This is the third year AWE has sponsored the event, demonstrating […]

Mark Whiting

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William Penney Fellow appointed to full professor

We are delighted to announce that Mark Whiting, one of our esteemed William Penney Fellows, has been promoted to full professor at the University of Surrey – a key strategic partner for AWE.

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Connect – Spring 2025

Welcome to the extended version of Connect As we shared in the paper leaflet we posted to you, we’ve slimmed Connect down and introduced a QR code to bring you to this extended update online. Thanks to this change, we’ve been able to reduce the printing associated with Connect by more than half. If you’ve […]

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