Finmeccanica UK

Much of the work undertaken by our companies sees them focus their expertise on design, development, assembly, integration, testing and certification; this approach is based upon a robust and sustainable manufacturing supply chain, with over 1,250 SMEs.

It is crucial for our businesses to be able to leverage developments in new technologies as they emerge. This often means working with small start-up businesses, university spin-offs, or specialist SMEs. We recognise that smaller enterprises can have limited resilience, capacity and cash resources. We have therefore designed our project and supplier management processes to help them through collaborative development processes, shield them from some of the project risk, and, on occasion, help protect their commercial viability. Our companies are founding members of the SC21 Supply Chain Initiative in the UK which seeks to structure supply chains to encourage collaborative capability development activity, identifying and mitigating risk at the earliest opportunity.