Luke Pollard hosted the German State Secretary for Armament and Innovation at Lancaster House for talks covering Deep Precision Strike and wider defence industrial cooperation, with both countries reviewing joint capability programmes under the Trinity House Agreement, according to the Ministry of Defence.
Pollard, the Minister for Defence Readiness and Industry, met Jens Plötner on 15 October under the United Kingdom and Germany Ministerial Group on Equipment and Capability Cooperation. He described Germany as “one of our closest and most valued defence partners.”
Senior officials and military leaders from both countries attended, including Rupert Pearce, the National Armaments Director, and Vice Admiral Carsten Stawitzki, his German counterpart. A panel discussion at the German Embassy followed, with Philipp Kerth of Hypersonica and Katherine Williams of Rolls-Royce taking part alongside officials.
Deep Precision Strike is the joint effort to field a long-range strike capability with a reach beyond two thousand kilometres, committed to in the Trinity House Agreement signed in October 2024. That agreement covers air, land, maritime, cyber and space cooperation and now sits under the Kensington Treaty signed in July 2025.
The talks followed the Prime Minister’s visit to Berlin on 8 October, where the two countries agreed to deepen space cooperation and to establish a Counter-Hybrid Partnership aimed at grey zone threats.
Trinity House has produced more concrete activity than most bilateral defence agreements manage in two years. German P-8 Poseidon crews have operated from Lossiemouth, the two countries have worked together on uncrewed systems, and Rheinmetall has expanded its British footprint, with the barrel factory at Telford announced under the agreement.
