The disparate imperatives to field hypersonic missiles and to support allies and partners such as Poland and Ukraine with mission readiness are prime examples of the immense challenges facing the UK military. Both are projects in which engineering and support specialist Amentum is partnered with the country’s Ministry of Defence (MOD) as it strives to meet both short- and longer-term objectives such as sovereign capability and supply-chain resilience as part of a fundamental reboot of its defense technology priorities.
In the first instance, Amentum is providing project management capacity that Amentum vice president for UK defense Justin Goldberg said is beyond the MOD’s internal resources. As the industry mission partner on the £1 billion Hypersonic Technologies and Capability Development Framework, the company provides engineering, program management, and technical integration expertise. That work falls under AUKUS, the trilateral security partnership that also includes the U.S. and Australia.
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