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.
Latest News
AWE welcomes the Chief Nuclear Inspector’s Annual Report 2025/26 and is pleased to note that the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) has recognised the sustained and effective safety performance across both the Aldermaston and Burghfield sites, which remain under routine regulatory attention. The report highlights the strength of AWE’s nuclear safety arrangements and acknowledges the […]
Press Releases
Five teams from AWE raised over £1,000 for charity when they took on the mighty Brecon Beacons to win the 2026 UK Challenge.
Press Releases
The Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire, Andrew Try, chatted with military veterans when he visited AWE Nuclear Security Technologies (AWE) at Aldermaston.
