Defence and industry unite as new collaboration hub opens at RAF Wyton

RAF Wyton opens new FAIRFAX Collaboration Hub with industry partners, marking a key step in its growth as the UK's intelligence hub.

Station Commander with council and industry partners at the FAIRFAX Collaboration Hub opening.

RAF Wyton, together with industry partners, opened the new FAIRFAX Collaboration Hub on 27 August 2026, marking a significant step in the station’s development as the UK’s centre for intelligence excellence. The opening was celebrated as part of RAF Wyton’s annual Families Day, with around 2,000 families attending the station. 

The Hub, a joint programme between Defence Intelligence, Huntingdonshire District Council and four industry partners: CGI, CDS Defence & Security, MAIAR and Vantor, forms part of Project FAIRFAX. Located within RAF Wyton’s secure perimeter, it gives the MOD and its partners a dedicated space to jointly drive innovation, run a development lab, and deliver outreach and STEM activities. 

Wyton has been chosen for significant defence investment over the next five to seven years, with the Collaboration Hub marking the first step in a wider plan to build an intelligence ecosystem radiating out from the station, deepening ties between Defence, industry and academia, Project FAIRFAX. 

Defence Intelligence sits within Cyber and Specialist Operations Command and provides the analysis and assessment that supports UK defence decision-making, using geospatial and open-source intelligence to help commanders, policymakers and allies. RAF Wyton has long played a central role in this work, home to the National Centre for Geospatial Intelligence and other Defence Intelligence capabilities. This makes Wyton a natural home for the new Collaboration Hub, building on decades of investment in the station’s intelligence capability. 

Air Vice-Marshal Adam Bone, Director Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance said: