Make UK Defence
Supporting Responsible, Secure and High Integrity Engineering for the UK Defence Ecosystem
Strengthening Our Role Within the UK’s Defence, Aerospace and Advanced Manufacturing Supply Chain
Membership of Make UK Defence demonstrates that WKW Precision Engineering is an active, credible and responsible participant in the UK’s defence and advanced engineering supply chain.
Make UK Defence is a nationally recognised membership body representing manufacturers and suppliers delivering equipment, components and capability to the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD), defence primes and major security organisations.
For a precision engineering SME located in the North of England, supplying services for high integrity components to Defence, Aerospace, Nuclear, Sub Sea, Oil & Gas, Renewables, Medical Devices, Automotive and Creative/Sculpture Fabrication, Make UK Defence membership strengthens our visibility, demonstrates our reliability and reinforces our commitment to ethical, compliant and secure working practices.
What Make UK Defence Is…
Make UK Defence is part of Make UK, the largest manufacturing representative body in the United Kingdom.
The membership network brings together companies supporting defence and security activities, providing:
A recognised standard of professional conduct and operational reliability
Direct engagement with MOD procurement teams
Access to defence industry briefings, compliance updates and tendering opportunities
Collaboration with Tier 1 primes and defence OEMs
Support for continuous improvement, security culture and supply chain resilience
Membership demonstrates that WKW meets the standards expected to operate responsibly within the defence related engineering ecosystem.
What Make UK Defence Membership Means for Our Clients
✔ A supplier aligned with defence-industry expectations
Membership signals that we understand the regulatory, security and quality demands of defence manufacturing, including controlled processes, cyber discipline and traceability.
✔ Enhanced supply chain integrity
Clients benefit from our access to industry updates covering:
regulation changes
quality standards
export controls
risk management
supply chain resilience, ensuring we operate with current sector aligned knowledge.
✔ Increased confidence in project security and compliance
Make UK Defence reinforces key expectations around:
information security
ethical conduct
responsible sourcing
health and safety
environmental responsibility
These values support safer, more predictable project delivery.
✔ Strengthened industry connections that benefit customers
Our membership grants access to:
networking with primes and integrators
innovation groups
collaboration programmes
technology adoption schemes
This helps us continually improve the processes and outcomes we deliver to customers.
✔ Recognition for UK and international buyers
Defence and aerospace clients often look favourably on suppliers who are part of recognised professional bodies. This membership acts as social proof of stability, maturity and capability.
Our precision produces perfection,
enabling our clients to thrive globally.
How Make UK Defence Improves Our Engineering Capability
The insights we gain through membership directly enhance the quality and reliability of the components we manufacture, especially for safety critical applications.
This supports:
precision machining of aerospace grade alloys
manufacturing for defence platforms and subsystems
components for nuclear and high risk environments
sub sea assemblies requiring corrosion resistant materials
high integrity parts for renewables and energy sectors
complex machining for medical devices and instrumentation
Membership reinforces our professional development, training and awareness, strengthening both our internal processes and our customer service.