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The business of defense, deep tech and cyber.

Track contract awards and funding rounds. See who won an order, what the customer committed to spend and where the figure was reported. The Wire is free with an account. A 14-day trial gives access to the deal ledger and company research.

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Inside the Wire

The terminal: the desk and its top ten, the day’s stories and the storylines beside them

Industry news grouped by story, with the Desk’s top ten.

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The wire is free to read. A 14-day trial opens the ledger and the universe.

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- Company cards and the calendar
- Ten deal records with their full details
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- The full ledger of reported contracts, orders, acquisitions and funding rounds
- The Universe: organisation profiles, investors and reported funding
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- Search the ledger and the Universe
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What is inside

News, transactions, company research and industry events.

The Wire, Desk briefing and calendar are free with an account. The deal ledger and Universe are included in a subscription. Reports brings together conference reports and a public research library, with links to the original publications.

Free · The wire

News from the defense, technology and cyber press.

The Wire groups reports from trade publications and news agencies by story, with links to each publisher. The Desk ranks the top ten stories. Storylines tracks each topic over seven days.

The wire’s story view: the day’s stories below the desk, with the storylines panel beside them

News stories alongside the Storylines panel

The desk’s top ten, ranked, with what the desk is watching beside it and the storylines panel in the rail

The Desk’s top ten stories alongside the Storylines panel

Coverage by publisherReports on the same development appear together. Open any publisher’s account to read its coverage.

The top tenThe Desk’s ten highest-ranked stories, with links to the companies involved.

The storylinesTrack coverage of each topic over the past seven days.

Company profiles within storiesOpen a linked company profile without leaving the story.

Free · The desk memo

A briefing on the day’s developments.

A concise summary of contract awards, funding rounds and budget developments.

Subscription · The deal ledger

Research contracts, orders, acquisitions and funding rounds.

Search by customer, contractor, system, agency or contract vehicle. Follow reported developments and check figures against the quoted sources.

The deal ledger: contracts and orders with both sides named, the price, what the price means and where each deal stands

Both sides namedIdentify the customer and contractor on an award or the investors in a funding round. Named parties link to profiles where available.

Reported value and basisSee whether the figure is the contract ceiling or the amount the customer has obligated, along with the currency and reporting date.

Contract termsCheck the quantity ordered, the contract period and the procurement vehicle.

Deal historyFollow the recorded updates from the first report to the award.

Subscription · The evidence

Where a figure came from

Open a deal to see the parties, reported figures and quoted sources. Follow the links to check the original reporting.

A deal opened in the ledger: both parties with their universe entries, how the claim was read and who asserted it, the outlet, the quoted line and the reports behind it

Subscription · The primary sources

Company announcements

Read company releases on orders, contracts, funding and acquisitions alongside trade reporting. Each release identifies the company and publication date.

Subscription · The universe

Research companies, investors and government agencies.

Organisation profiles bring together business activities, locations, founders, funding and related reporting. Registry records and source links support the details available for each organisation.

An organisation’s card in the universe, opened from its row: what it does, its money, backers, filed accounts and ledger row, the wire’s reporting on it, its people and its register entry

Organisations coveredSearch prime contractors, start-ups, investors, government agencies and programmes by name.

Funding and investorsReported funding rounds, valuations and investors, where available.

Registry details and sourcesLegal name, country and identifiers, each with the register that issued it and the day it was checked.

Related reportingOpen an organisation’s profile to see related Wire coverage.

Free · The calendar

Plan around defense and technology events.

Defense exhibitions, trade shows, symposia, investor conferences and air shows. VERIFIED dates have been checked against an event website or trade publication.

The calendar: the industry’s diary by month, with the verified mark, the vertical and the type on every row

A month of the diary, close up: dates, event, city, the verified mark and the vertical, the type and press access, and the days to go

Date confirmation

Confirmed and estimated dates.

The calendar flags estimates for rechecking and lists multi-day events through their final day.

The diary’s head and its filters: vertical, type, region, and a switch to verified dates only

Calendar filters

Filter by sector, event type and region.

Browse events by sector, type and region, check press access, or show confirmed dates only. Event submissions are reviewed before publication.

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The desk memo, rewritten through the day
Company cards, the calendar and ten ledger rows

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Every transaction in the ledger
Search across customer, contractor, system, agency and vehicle
The universe, backers and funding included
Contract terms and the full history

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Annual Full access, with two months free when billed annually.

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What each plan includes

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What each plan includes: the Free, Monthly, Annual, Team and Enterprise plans compared feature by feature
Feature	Free	Monthly	Annual	Team	Enterprise
The full wireReports grouped by story, with links to publishers	Included	Included	Included	Included	Included
The desk memoA summary of the day’s developments	Included	Included	Included	Included	Included
Company cards	Included	Included	Included	Included	Included
Industry calendar	Included	Included	Included	Included	Included
TransactionsTransaction parties linked to company profiles	Ten rows	Included	Included	Included	Included
Reported value and basisCeiling, obligation, equity, enterprise value	In the ten rows	Included	Included	Included	Included
Contract termsQuantity, period, vehicle, ceiling or obligation	In the ten rows	Included	Included	Included	Included
Quoted source passagesRead the original wording behind a reported figure	In the ten rows	Included	Included	Included	Included
Search the ledgerCustomer, contractor, system, agency, vehicle	Not included	Included	Included	Included	Included
Register linksCompanies House, Zefix, Sirene, Brønnøysund, USAspending	Not included	Included	Included	Included	Included
Full deal historyRecorded updates in date order	Not included	Included	Included	Included	Included
The universeCompanies, investors and agencies, each with its register	Not included	Included	Included	Included	Included
Backers, founders and funding	Not included	Included	Included	Included	Included
Seats	1	1	1	5 or more	Many
Billing	—	Monthly	Annual	Annual	Annual, invoiced
Individual accessManage each person’s access separately	Not included	Not included	Not included	Included	Included
Free trial	None	14 days	14 days	14 days	By arrangement
Priority correctionsCorrection requests reviewed the same day	Not included	Not included	Not included	Not included	Included
Custom wire, deal view and reportsCoverage tailored by sector and company	Not included	Not included	Not included	Not included	Enterprise Plus

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