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.
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As part of the UK’s commitment to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, AWE hosts an annual familiarisation course for inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency.
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AWE’s Nuclear Threat Reduction programme works closely with colleagues in the United States, a long-standing international partnership dedicated to strengthening global nuclear security.
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A survey has revealed that AWE’s Aldermaston site is home to a collection of ancient, veteran and notable trees, highlighting the site’s rich natural heritage and reinforcing AWE’s commitment to protecting valuable ecosystems.
