Added: 4th July 2025 by Leonardo
The UK Strategic Defence Review 2025 (SDR) “sets a path for the next decade to transform defence and make the UK secure at home and strong aboard.”
Together with the Defence Industrial Strategy, the Review aims to ensure that Defence is central both to the UK’s security, and an engine for growth.
Published on 2 June 2025, the SDR places integration, partnerships and digital transformation at the heart of its approach. with specific focus on:
Leonardo stands ready to help deliver this transformation in partnership with government, industry and academia.
Our R&D investment in the UK has doubled since 2018 to around £500m annually with the company working alongside industry, micro, small and medium enterprises, academia, and government to create an innovation ecosystem capable of developing the disruptive technologies that can help keep Britain safe.
With 8,500 highly skilled people working at its 9 UK sites and a supply chain that supports a further 31,700 jobs across the UK, Leonardo can provide the onshore capability and national resilience to ensure the UK, our armed forces and our international partners are able to meet the challenging and complex threats of the 21st century.
