Defence Innovation Loan/26 Cycle 5
Supports Repayable loan instrument - of project costs in innovation through the Defence Innovation Loan.
About
Defence Innovation Loan FY25/26 Cycle 5 sits under UK Defence Innovation, the Ministry of Defence delivery body that absorbed DASA in February 2026. The route is repayable finance for UK defence and dual-use SMEs, and the wider Defence Innovation Loans service was paused while UKDI developed a new service. Even with that pause, the scheme's purpose is clear: fund companies that need debt rather th…
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