Co-founder and CEO
Dan Baring
Military insight, government relationships and capital stewardship.
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IP-NEUTRAL · BUILT FOR VOLUME · NEXT DOOR TO WHERE THE MOD TESTS ITS DRONES
Sell in the UK - without building the factory.
Shared sovereign drone manufacturing for British and allied producers. Swindon, UK.
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01 · The moment
UK defence is prioritising uncrewed systems at volume. Procurement is increasingly favouring sovereign, UK-based manufacturing. British and allied producers have the proven designs; what Britain lacks is the industrial base to build them at scale.
Every producer faces the same choice: £40–50M and two years for a plant of its own, with no certainty of contracts to fill it, or no production at scale at all. No shared alternative exists.
Baring Defence provides the missing manufacturing layer: UK-owned, UK-operated, platform-agnostic production capacity for allied drone producers.
You keep the IP, brand and customer. We build and operate the factory.
02 · The pledge
Your product.
Your IP.
Our industrial expertise.
Producers keep their IP, brand, customers and capital. Baring provides certified sovereign capacity under licence, one facility every producer can safely share.
03 · Why producers build with Baring
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IP neutrality
Baring owns no drone designs and develops no platform of its own, by policy. Your technical data, build records and yield data sit in a partition only your programme can access. Every part and unit is tagged to its programme from goods-in to dispatch, so several producers can share the line safely.
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A certified production system
One facility, one quality system, one supply chain and one test infrastructure serve several platforms, so cost falls as volume grows. AS9100 and JOSCAR certification is scheduled before first production, with contract-specific accreditations added as your programme requires. The factory concept is designed with EFESO.
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A UK address for your bids
The 393,000 sq ft Swindon site sits beside the MoD's Uncrewed Systems Centre. UK production carries a weighted advantage under the Defence Industrial Strategy. With Baring as your named manufacturing partner, your bid states Swindon as its place of production.
04 · Become a Founding OEM Partner
Secure your priority on UK capacity now.
Capacity comes online in Q3 2028. Founding OEM Partners are first in line for it, in order of signing. Becoming a partner costs nothing and creates no obligation. It gives you a named UK manufacturing partner to cite in your bids, and first offer of production capacity when reservations open. Tell us what you build and we will be in touch. Your information is treated as private and confidential.
05 · Services available now
Prepare for scaled production in the UK.
Three services are open to drone producers today. Each stands on its own.
DFM review
We review your design for manufacture and assembly, price your BOM and give you a readiness report with the recommended route to production.
Scoping call and intake free.
Industrialisation
We take your prototype to a design built at rate: production-intent design, process and tooling, pilot builds and first articles.
Quoted per programme.
Supply chain
We qualify suppliers, find UK and allied sources for your BOM and buy common parts across producers for volume pricing.
Quoted per programme.
Start with the DFM review. Send us your platform details below and we will arrange a scoping call.
06 · Team
Baring Defence is led by a team that covers what the plan needs: access to the MoD, the forces and drone producers; volume manufacturing; and capital mobilisation.
COO
Mark Trowbridge
Volume manufacturing, industrialisation and operational leadership.
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Co-founder and CFO
Elena Anfimova
Capital mobilisation, infrastructure finance and board experience.
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CSCO and Deputy COO
Darren Gwynne
Procurement, supply chain and manufacturing operations.
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The Defence Investment Plan of June 2026 commits more than £5 billion to drones and autonomous systems over four years, and the Defence Industrial Strategy gives UK production a weighted advantage in awards. The designs exist. The capacity to build them at scale in Britain does not.
Baring Defence is raising its Phase 1 round to establish the Swindon facility. The company is led by a team whose plant leadership spans thirty years at Honda, Jaguar Land Rover and GE Aerospace.
This section is for institutional, professional and high-net-worth investors. Enquiries: info@baringdefence.co.uk
This website describes manufacturing services and does not constitute an offer of securities, an invitation to invest or a financial promotion. Information about the Phase 1 Round is available only to institutional, professional and high-net-worth investors on request. Forward-looking statements involve assumptions and risks; actual outcomes may differ materially.
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