Coming off the back of the Dispatches programme which took the position that the Defence Industry was a ‘protectionist racket’ it is worth challenging that statement and beyond that, asking if is it a special case, worthy of state protection. History tells us quite clearly that government subsidy tends to create inefficient organisations that fail to innovate or drive down costs [...]
Not a day goes by without the MoD being urged to ditch the Defence Industrial Strategy and buy everything off the shelf, avoid partnerships at any cost and just use the Urgent Operational Requirement (UOR) process to buy everything we need. On face value it seems like a compelling proposition and instinctively feels right. The argument centres on two interdependent factors; [...]
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