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Creating a defence cluster in Huntingdonshire - Coggle Diagram
Creating a defence cluster in Huntingdonshire
SME businesses
Support and promote the existing supply chain businesses and increase their knowledge about dual use, solving challenges for the MOD.
UNKNOWN:
Funding stream/avenues that we could be working with sme's to apply for?
Procurement/ licences businesses need to win contracts?
How do they get on the list of suppliers for primes?
Prime businesses
Work with U&C to follow up on inward investment leads
Follow up inwards investment leads directly off the back of events and roundtables
UNKNOWN:
Who are the up and coming primes that we need to know about that don't have a UK base yet?
How do we get primes to use our local supply list?
The leads who are not moving forward, what are we missing?
Academia
Engage with colleges and universities to support applications with tec college applications
access to senior talent primes access to training providers locally, to meet sector needs, skills and growth levy
UNKNOWN:
If not successful with the tec centres of excellence, then what?
Skills Pathway
Cambridge Uni
ARU
CRC
Hinchingbrooke School
Others names in the prospectus
MOD see academia as the next step (Jun):
Geography day at Hinchingbrooke school
Career leaders roundtable to showcase what skills path students can do now.
MOD/RAF
Statement of intent
Project Fairfax
Launch officially in September
RAF Wyton
RAF Alconbury
RAF Molesworth
RAF Lakenheath
2026 is the year of the
airfield,
find a resolution and look at viable alternatives
St Louis, Missouri > SAGE > LIDO
MOD vs DIO ambitions
Stakeholders
CPCA
Homes England - DIO - hdc -
ADS
Make UK
East of England defence and security cluster**
UNKNOWN:
What do the LGP defence actions look like and how do we avoid duplication?
Events
Baltic/Nordic
UAE
Place discovery
HoC - London 2026?
RAF Alconbury industry day
Roundtable days
UKREiiF Fringe
UNKNOWN:
How do we capture the outcomes/outputs of hosting these events?
Marketing & Comms
Defence prospectus
regular drip feed of good news stories
Imagery
What is public knowledge
updating the website
Office for Investment
For each of the sites, it would be useful if you were able to share the following information (if known):
Status of existing power connection and grid connections (MWs and confirmed connection dates)
Status of any power connection applications that are already in the system
Scale up potential for power
Planning status
Remediation and permitting status
Access to water and any challenges around this
Outstanding site readiness challenges Investment required (type and amount)
Role for HMG or OFI to support
Planned recognition e.g. Chicksands
Key Land & players
Homes England
Urban and civic
AG Reserves
De Ramsey
Brampton Cross
Newlands
AW + train station
Defence Service Plan action:
Outcomes
Local > international recognition
actual delivery > not just meetings and aspirations
A141 delivery
One prime on patch or a significant SME
Collaboration: supply chain between SME and MOD and skills between SME, MOD and Academia
Homes: including delivery
Jobs: Including business rates
Funding
CIL
Budget Announcements
LGR: Unknown
This work will strengthen our position within LGR landscape especially with cross party political support?
Documents
Place Strategy
Economic Growth Strategy
North Huntingdonshire Opportunity Zone
Pride in Place
Local Growth Plan
Local Plan
National Industrial Strategy
Strategic Defence and Security Review
Defence sector plan
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/defence-industrial-strategy-2025-making-defence-an-engine-for-growth
Other areas:
What is the vision
Plan for Defence
Geographical Scope
Innovation
New investment
delivery of products
Eco system
security
environment
Planning
Role of the airfield and the cost to bring the runway back into commerical use?
Trailblazer site?
Disposal Options?
Land use: constraints and opportunities > masterplanning
Key Sectors: Cyber, Digital, AI, Intelligence
Power and Water constraints?
Renewables/Green/clean tech
Contracts: MG
Strategical?
TAP?
CoC?
Mott McDonald?
