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AWE Technical Strategy keynote speech at DPRTE 2026
AWE would like to extend our warm thanks to everyone who joined us at DPRTE 2026, the UK’s leading defence procurement and supply chain event.
Welcome to AWE
We design and manufacture warheads and provide nuclear services to meet the needs of defence.
Our mission
We design, develop, manufacture, and maintain the UK’s nuclear warheads that our submarines carry. This has been our mission for 75 years.
Careers
The UK’s nuclear deterrent only works because AWE’s people make it work. We need talented and ambitious people to join us in our work.
About us
The UK’s nuclear deterrent only works because AWE’s people make it work
Our suppliers
Explore opportunities for businesses across a wide range of sectors in both our ASTRAEA and infrastructure programmes.
Nowhere else in the UK handles weapons-grade fissile material. Every calculation, every weld has to be precise. There is no margin for error. No tolerance for delay.
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AWE PhD Researchers Showcase Cutting Edge Science at STEM for Britain
Three AWE sponsored PhD researchers were recently shortlisted to present their scientific posters at STEM for Britain 2026, an annual event held at the Houses of Parliament and organised by the Parliamentary and Scientific Committee.
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AWE Re‑accredited by the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
We’re proud to share that AWE has been successfully re‑accredited by the Royal Society of Chemistry, marking over twenty years of partnership in supporting the growth and professionalism of our materials and chemical scientists.
