Our projects

AWE partners with suppliers across a range of strategic programmes to support national security. Our projects span infrastructure, technology, engineering and research and development, offering a range of opportunities for suppliers to contribute to our mission.

AWE’s major programmes

Future Materials Campus

The Future Materials Campus (FMC) programme will renew existing facilities for the manufacture and storage of nuclear components, improve science and analysis capabilities, and invest in new capabilities for nuclear material recovery. It is a unique and exciting opportunity for the UK to push forward its expertise in science and technology, and secure the UK’s position as a global leader in nuclear technologies. Read more here.

Future Infrastructure Programmes

Future infrastructure programmes (FIP) will focus on delivering AWE’s wider infrastructure needs in relation to new office accommodation, laboratories, testing facilities, site services and advanced manufacturing facilities for non-nuclear components.

Liabilities Management

Our sites have been operating for a number of decades and as a result many facilities are reaching the end of their operational life. Liabilities Management run programmes to safely decommission and demolish these legacy facilities and manage the wastes generated.  

Replacement Warhead 

In March 2024 the Government published the Defence Nuclear Enterprise Command Paper which stated that AWE has commenced work on a sovereign replacement warhead, as part of an evolutionary cycle that ensures we have an in-service warhead that can be safely assured from design to disposal. The Replacement Warhead programme has been designated the A21/Mk7 and is also known as Astraea.  

The Astraea team is interested in accessing capability in: 

• manufacturing (including high precision engineering and materials development) 
• testing and evaluation (including digital support) 
• Human Resource partnerships