UK Defence Contract Awards Tracker
Live aggregate statistics on UK defence & security contract awards, built from official Find a Tender notices and refreshed continuously — while most published defence procurement trackers update quarterly or annually. Free to use and cite with attribution; see the methodology for sources, coverage and limitations.
Awards by month, last 12 months
| Month | Defence awards published | Known value |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 2026 | 2 | £132m |
| Apr 2026 | 3 | £2m |
| May 2026 | 47 | £523m |
| Jun 2026 | 85 | £3.7bn |
| Jul 2026 | 237 | £891m |
| Aug 2026 | 79 | £413m |
| Sept 2026 | 12 | £30m |
“Known value” sums only awards where the buyer published a value; the true total is higher.
Data from Mar 2026; earlier months reflect ingestion coverage, not market activity.
Most active defence buyers, by awards tracked
| Buyer | Awards | Known value |
|---|---|---|
| Ministry of Defence | 170 | £545m |
| Government Commercial Agency | 101 | £2.6bn |
| Defence Equipment and Support | 78 | £2.5bn |
| Crown Commercial Service | 45 | — |
| Defence Science and Technology Laboratory | 29 | £7m |
| Submarine Delivery Agency | 14 | £18m |
| Defence Infrastructure Organisation | 10 | £865,000 |
| Atomic Weapons Establishment | 6 | £2m |
Most recent defence awards
- 701554521 - Falkland Island Marine Services
Defence Equipment and Support · awarded 04/09/2026 · £5m
- 701554521 - FIMS Extension UK5
Defence Equipment and Support · awarded 04/09/2026 · £5m
- 715899500 - Whitegate Farm Legal Advice
Defence Infrastructure Organisation · awarded 04/09/2026
- Contractor Logistics Support of the Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH) Systems at Mount Pleasant Complex (MPC), Falkland Islands and RAF Gibraltar
Defence Equipment and Support · awarded 04/09/2026 · £7m
- 153,000,000
Ministry of Defence · awarded 04/09/2026
Who is actually winning these contracts?
The tracker shows the shape of the market. The winning suppliers behind every one of these 465 awards — with per-company win histories and first-time-winner flags — are part of the Operator plan, from £3,950/year. Every new account sees everything free for 30 minutes.
DefenceLens monitors 48,061 UK notices, of which 10,068 are defence & security. Data from the UK Find a Tender service under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Cite as “Source: DefenceLens Defence Contract Awards Tracker” with a link to this page. Explore live defence tenders or the MOD tenders guide.