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Commenting, UK Private Capital Chief Executive Michael Moore said:
“The Defence Investment Plan gives investors a clearer picture, even if its funding profile appears mismatched with the ambition of the Strategic Defence Review. The recognition of the role private investment can play in strengthening the UK’s defence industrial base is welcome. But investors need stability from government if they are to commit capital at scale, so the next Prime Minister will need to reaffirm these commitments as an early priority.
“The private capital industry invested more than £620m into UK defence in 2025, backing businesses providing critical manufacturing and engineering skills to those developing next-generation aerospace technologies. That investment can help companies deliver the capabilities our Armed Forces need, but only if government provides the sustained demand signals to match its ambitions.
“New research from RUSI is expected to show that addressing issues such as slow procurement processes, delayed payments, unnecessary complexity and a burdensome screening regime would unlock greater levels of private capital investment in the defence sector. Without reform in these areas, capital will continue to flow to sectors and markets where the path to delivering returns is clearer and more predictable.”
