VitalSpec

Rewiring the Arsenal

Munitions, energetics and the software that proves them.

The West has forgotten how to build. We're bringing it home.

- Who we are

We make and supply munitions and energetics for the UK and its allies.

Complete rounds in weeks, not months: our printed shells cost 6-20% less, are filled on partner lines and carry a record of every round. Our allied network supplies proven rounds and energetics today.

Munitions

Artillery, tank and rocket rounds from our own 155 mm, 5-inch and 120 mm designs, or from vetted partner producers - buy at the stage you need, from inert body to ready to fire.

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Advanced Manufacturing

Wire-arc additive cells that print shells and high-integrity parts with no forge and no minimum order - plus build-to-print, barrel remanufacture and licensed production.

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Energetics

Energetics from vetted partner producers today, and ammonium perchlorate from our own UK plant from 2027.

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Software

VitalTRACE records every round we make or supply - from the wire it was printed from to the field. VitalWIRE, the system that runs our cells, is available to license.

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- How to buy

Buy at the stage you need.

Delivered on the terms you choose.

Shells

01

Inert body

Printed in our cells or made by partners.

02

Filled

TNT, Comp B or insensitive fills.

03

Filled and fuzed

With in-service or qualified fuzes.

04

Ready to fire

With propelling charge, sourced and matched.

Rockets and missiles
Ready to fire, from allied partners.
Licensed systems
Built, integrated and tested in the UK under licence.
Parts
Built and tested to your design and specification.

Delivered on the Incoterm you choose, from FOB to DAP. Every product is made to the standards it requires and shipped under the right export licences and end-user certificates.

- Markets Intelligence

Intelligence that moves before the market.

Open-source assessments of the industrial system behind allied rearmament - who makes what, where the bottlenecks sit, and where capacity must be built. Key judgements with confidence levels, every claim source-linked. Full reports download free.

- Leadership

Founded by people who have served, and have built before.

Headquartered in London, with our WAAM cell in Scotland and partner producers across the alliance.

Hugh Simpson

Hugh Simpson

CEO & Co-founder

Eleven years as a warfare officer in the Royal Australian Navy, including Iraq. Twice founder and former C-suite scaling PE-backed data and AI businesses.

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Charlie Robinson

Charlie Robinson

CPO & Co-founder

Ten years in the British Army as a soldier with 29 Cdo Royal Artillery and officer with 1st The Queen’s Dragoon Guards - with service in Iraq & Afghanistan. Now an entrepreneur with a background in product and operations, from Rothschild to PE backed tech firms.

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- Work with us

Buy, make, or partner.

Buy

Shells, rounds, rockets, energetics and parts.

Make with us

Build-to-print parts and barrel remanufacture.

Partner with us

Licensed production, co-development, or license VitalWIRE.