UK secures over \u00a320 billion in defence exports to allies in 2025, expected to be the highest since records began over 40 years ago
\nDeals include UK\u2019s largest ever warship export agreement and largest fighter jet sale for a generation
\nOver 25,000 British\u00a0jobs directly\u00a0supported by these deals for decades to come<\/p>\n
2025 is set to be the best year for UK defence exports since records began more than 40 years ago after the Government secured over \u00a320 billion worth of defence deals in a single year, backing thousands of skilled British jobs and companies across the UK.<\/p>\n
From the UK\u2019s biggest ever warship deal to the largest fighter jet exports agreement in a generation, the Government has ensured the UK is a leading defence partner for our allies across the world.<\/p>\n
It demonstrates strong and rapid\u00a0delivery of the Strategic Defence Review\u2019s ambition to make defence an engine for growth through increasing exports, while strengthening the UK\u2019s commitment to working closely with NATO allies.<\/p>\n
The UK\u2019s 2025 growth-boosting exports include a \u00a310 billion deal with Norway to export at least five Type 26 frigates, supporting 4,000 jobs across the UK across over 430 businesses of all sizes.<\/p>\n
Luke Pollard MP, Minister for Defence Readiness and Industry, said:<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are showing again how this government is delivering on our pledge to make defence an engine for economic growth across the country while boosting our security and that of our allies.<\/p>\n
\u201cBy winning the historic deal to build Type 26 frigates for Norway, we are driving growth in Scotland and across the UK while better equipping our combined navies to counter the threat from Russia in the North Atlantic. And by exporting Typhoon fighter jets to T\u00fcrkiye, we are securing high-skilled jobs in Lancashire, Scotland and across the UK whilst helping strengthen NATO\u2019s southern flank.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are committed to working with our allies and defence industries to make sure the UK is a leader in global defence exports, and there\u2019s more to come in 2026.\u201d<\/p>\n
This month the UK and Norway signed the Lunna House agreement, which will see the Royal Navy and Royal Norwegian Navy operate together to counter the threat from Putin\u2019s fleet in the North Atlantic. The UK recently announced the Atlantic Bastion transformation of the Royal Navy\u2019s submarine-hunting capabilities, using uncrewed systems to develop a hybrid navy.<\/p>\n
A further 20,000 jobs across the UK were secured through the largest fighter jet deal in a generation, selling 20 world-leading Typhoons to T\u00fcrkiye in an \u00a38 billion boost to the economy and strengthening NATO\u2019s collective security.<\/p>\n
These deals are also complemented by the export and sale of 12 C-130 aircraft to T\u00fcrkiye at a combined value to UK defence and Marshall Aerospace Group of over \u00a3550M \u2013 safeguarding 1,400 skilled jobs in Cambridge \u2013 as well as the sale by Devon-based company Supacat of 18 transporter vehicles for Czechia\u2019s armed forces.<\/p>\n
Earlier this year the UK signed a new AUKUS treaty with Australia to better protect our seas, which has potential to drive up to \u00a320 billion in potential exports and support over 21,000 UK jobs.<\/p>\n
The UK is looking to build on this year\u2019s success in 2026 by delivering further deals with allies, actively seeking to export systems such as advanced aircraft, the latest maritime technology and systems, and armoured transport vehicles such as Boxer.<\/p>\n
To strengthen the UK\u2019s position as a leading defence exporter, the UK recently joined the Agreement on Defence Export Controls, alongside France, Germany and Spain, which will make it easier for British business to export to partner nations.<\/p>\n
These successes come as the Ministry of Defence implements the largest programme of reform in over 50 years, including the establishment of the National Armaments Director Group and its new International Collaboration & Exports team.<\/p>\n
UK Defence and Security Exports defence exports statistics go back to 1983, more than 40 years ago.<\/p>\n
Rupert Pearce, National Armaments Director, said:<\/p>\n
\u201cThese export successes reflect the NAD Group\u2019s mission to strengthen international partnerships while driving economic growth at home.<\/p>\n
\u201cBy working as one integrated organisation, we\u2019re facilitating access to UK defence capability for our allies to access world-leading UK defence capability, creating jobs and prosperity across the country whilst building the collective deterrence we all need.\u201d<\/p>\n
Avril Jolliffe, Director General of International Collaboration and Exports (IC&E), said:<\/p>\n
\u201cGlobal security demands an always-on approach to international collaboration and exports.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs announced in the Strategic Defence Review, we\u2019re creating a single point of focus that connects UK industry directly with international opportunities.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis isn\u2019t just about selling equipment \u2013 it\u2019s about building defence partnerships that support collective security and UK economic objectives.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UK secures over \u00a320 billion in defence exports to allies in 2025, expected to be the highest since…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":353339,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-353338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=353338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353338\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/353339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=353338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=353338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=353338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}