Why Old War Dogs Are Learning New Tech
Let’s be honest, when most people think about investing in technology, their minds drift to some shiny new app or a whizzy electric car company. Defence contractors, on the other hand, conjure images of steel, rivets, and dusty boardrooms. It all seems a bit, well, last century. But I think that’s precisely where people are missing a trick. While the world was distracted by social media, the business of warfare has been quietly undergoing a digital revolution.
And nothing says revolution quite like a nearly one billion pound cheque. The recent £988 million contract General Dynamics landed to upgrade the US Navy's communications and intelligence systems isn't just another government spend. To me, it’s a massive flare, signalling that the era of modernising the military’s creaking digital infrastructure is finally upon us.