Defence Holdings PLC is a UK-listed technology company focused on the intersection of software and security. Describing itself as the UK’s first listed pure-play defence platform, it aims to develop and acquire software-led capabilities for evolving defence and security needs in the United Kingdom and continental Europe. Its areas of focus include AI agents for mission planning, simulations, logistics and operational decision support; tools to detect and trace manipulated content and counter disinformation; AI-powered protection for critical infrastructure such as power, water, ports and telecommunications; and software that connects commercial drones into coordinated networks for surveillance and operations.

The company also identifies AI-enabled sensing, secure communications, autonomous drone systems and next-generation cyber-defence as priorities. Its platform combines strategic oversight with a product studio for developing digital solutions and a build-and-buy approach to scaling through acquisitions of defence intellectual property. Defence Holdings says it seeks to support sovereign capabilities and NATO-interoperable solutions, serving government agencies, defence contractors and critical-infrastructure operators.