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The Novatech Perspective

Opinion and insight from across the Novatech team on the technology decisions, infrastructure strategies, and market dynamics that matter most to defence and industrial customers.

The Air Gap Is A Requirement, Not An Edge Case: Deploying Software On Disconnected Networks

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The Air Gap Is A Requirement, Not An Edge Case: Deploying Software On Disconnected Networks

In defence, a disconnected network is the standard environment, not an edge case. Learn what breaks when the cable comes out, how to deploy software properly on an air-gapped network, and the one demonstration to ask every vendor for.

Buy The Compute, Not The Narrative: Defence Procurement And The AI Cycle

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August 2026 Edition

Buy The Compute, Not The Narrative: Defence Procurement And The AI Cycle

Nobody knows whether the AI bubble bursts, but defence programmes costed today deliver into the 2030s. Learn why buying general-purpose compute you own outright holds its value in either outcome, and the four questions that protect a programme.

When Pace Really Matters: Why Defence Procurement Needs Agility, Not Speed

August 2026 Edition

When Pace Really Matters: Why Defence Procurement Needs Agility, Not Speed

"At pace" has become defence procurement's favourite word, but pace describes how fast you move, never whether you are moving in the right direction. Learn why agility, not speed, is the capability the sector actually needs.

Navigating the Q3 2026 Component Crunch: A Procurement Survival Guide

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Navigating the Q3 2026 Component Crunch: A Procurement Survival Guide

The Q3 2026 component crunch is an escalation, not a plateau. Learn the buy-ahead procurement strategy that protects your projects from shortages, stretched lead times, and rising prices.

Tech Exploitation for Mission Planning and Rehearsal: Closing the Gap Between Innovation and the Front Line

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Tech Exploitation for Mission Planning and Rehearsal: Closing the Gap Between Innovation and the Front Line

A gap has opened between the technology defence develops and the static tools troops actually use to plan. Learn how deployable, interactive rehearsal capability can close it.

You Cannot Control The Component Market, But You Can Control What Sits On Top Of It

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You Cannot Control The Component Market, But You Can Control What Sits On Top Of It

Component inflation is beyond your control, but the licensing model layered on top of the hardware is a choice. Learn why capacity-based and per-core licensing make you pay twice, and how to design that exposure out.

How The Global Component Shortage Squeezes Specialist Manufacturers

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How The Global Component Shortage Squeezes Specialist Manufacturers

While mainstream IT dominates the headlines, specialist hardware manufacturers face a quieter crisis. Learn how the DRAM shortage and HBM pivot are squeezing ruggedised and Military Standard builders.

Defence Insights: You are not buying products. You are buying a working system

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Defence Insights

Defence Insights: You are not buying products. You are buying a working system

The kit arrives. The vendor leaves. Your team spends months turning boxes into a system. Dan Arnold, Defence Business Development Manager explains why the product procurement model keeps failing defence programmes and what solutions-based buying actually looks like.

The Role of Proxmox Virtualisation and Open-Source Software in Defence

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The Role of Proxmox Virtualisation and Open-Source Software in Defence

A hypervisor touches every workload. A storage platform touches every dataset. Ross Collins, Head of Engineering at Novatech on why inspectability, air-gapped operation, and freedom from vendor lock make open-source virtualisation the right foundation for defence infrastructure.

Why collaboration has never been more important in UK Defence Manufacturing

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Defence Insights

Why collaboration has never been more important in UK Defence Manufacturing

UK defence is changing faster than procurement cycles were built to handle. Dan Arnold, Novatech Defence, on why collaboration between primes and SMEs is no longer optional and what separates the organisations that will lead from those that will follow.