Welcome to AWE
We design and manufacture warheads and provide nuclear services to meet the needs of defence.
We design, develop, manufacture, and maintain the UK’s nuclear warheads that our submarines carry. This has been our mission for 75 years.
The UK’s nuclear deterrent only works because AWE’s people make it work. We need talented and ambitious people to join us in our work.
The UK’s nuclear deterrent only works because AWE’s people make it work
Explore opportunities for businesses across a wide range of sectors in both our ASTRAEA and infrastructure programmes.
Nowhere else in the UK handles weapons-grade fissile material. Every calculation, every weld has to be precise. There is no margin for error. No tolerance for delay.
Latest News
The Apprentice Excellence Awards captured a landmark moment for AWE’s Emerging Talent community, as the team recently hosted its first Apprentice Excellence Awards Evening at Wokefield Park.
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AWE is thrilled to announce that three colleagues have been recognised in this year’s King’s Birthday Honours, for their service and achievements. “I’m delighted to congratulate John Roberson OBE, Jo Walker OBE, and Stewart Booth MBE. Their dedication, expertise and service have made outstanding contributions to our nation and reflect the very best of AWE. […]
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AWE has developed unique, world-leading technology to help validate the UK’s warhead stockpile. Supporting that work requires extremely rigorous testing- and at the heart of it sits Valiant, a new supercomputer that we are proud to say has now entered active service. This powerful new capability for simulation, testing and discovery significantly boosts our ability […]
