We are assembling a UK-resident supplier base for every critical sub-system — silicon packaging, composites, precision machining, radios, power. Welsh-registered partners get first look on every tender.
Procurement at Dragonfod is not a backstop. It is an engineering discipline. Suppliers who meet these four tests get onto the shortlist fast.
A live list of partners across the supply tiers. Identities of classified-tier suppliers are withheld at their request. Applications for non-classified tiers are open.
Autoclaved carbon-fibre wing boxes and airframe skin. Delivering the DF-5 spar programme since May 2026.
Five-axis CNC for flight-control actuator housings and engine-mount forgings. On contract for the DF-5 and Pod programmes.
Populated PCB assembly under UK-cleared supply-chain controls. Cipher appliance main board A/R.
Back-end packaging and test for the Dragonfod C1 SoC. Under UK government ownership; final bond-out in south Wales.
SDR front-end modules and antenna assemblies for the Cipher mesh. NATO STANAG 4285 qualified.
ISO-container fabrication and retrofit for the DF-POD-C. EN 12079 certified ship-to-shore lifting.
Hybrid generator and inverter systems for pod deployments. 20 kVA portable sets with hydrogen upgrade path.
Formally-verified post-quantum primitives under an MOD-cleared collaboration. Contract details not published.
Open tender for the DF-60 hybrid turbofan integration. Proposals accepted until 31 December 2026.
We run continuously-open expressions of interest for every non-classified category. No RFP portal. No unanswered emails. Reply within ten working days, always.