Tag: Ministry of Defence
When Is a Ladder Not a Ladder
Back in February last year I bemoaned the lack of engineering technical expertise within DE&S, not that it isn’t there but what is there is obviously in short supply which results in the MoD having to buy in technical consultants or contract specific projects. In years gone by, when the MoD was technical skills rich [...]
A Good Day to Bury Bad News
One hoped that a new team at the MoD and government in general would curb some of the excessive media management that so characterised the Labour government. Sitting and watching the TV or reading the news online this week it would seem that old habits die hard. Splashed all over the media was the excellent [...]
A New Broom
I haven’t covered the Defence Reform Unit or the Green Paper on defence industrial issues but will do so in due course.
Spending Priorities
What sort of operation is Liam Fox running? It’s hard not to have some sympathy with him, dealt a pretty tough hand of cards by the previous shower, presiding over a basket case MoD and held hostage by the needs of the coalition, but, the talk of tough decisions, sacred cow massacres and making every [...]
That Cyber Thing – Royal Navy Hacked
It’s bad enough for the Royal Navy that memories of matelots and their iPods are still fresh, accidentally invading Spain, the Astute being pranged by the very tug that came to rescue her, an aircraft carrier with no aircraft and the indignity of sharing ships with the bloody Frenchies, it seems the bad luck keeps [...]
MoD Sickies
Some interesting information on MoD sickness related absence The following table shows the number of days lost through sickness absence over a rolling 12-month period. The table includes non-industrial and industrial staff and the staff of the four MOD Trading Funds, but excludes staff in the Royal Fleet Auxiliaryand locally engaged civilians for whom sickness absence [...]
MoD Org Chart
this might be useful for later [scribd id=39646857 key=key-btgujocrhl408qbon4a mode=list]
A Strong Britain in an Age of Uncertainty
The NSS, which has been coordinated and developed by the Cabinet Office undertaking strategic thinking on national security issues in support of the National Security Council, sets out two high-level objectives which will guide our strategic approach overall: To ensure a secure and resilient UK by protecting our people, economy, infrastructure, territory and ways of [...]
National Audit Office – Major Projects Report 2010
Unfashionably close to the publication of the SDSR White paper next week the National Audit Office have published their regular tale of woe, otherwise known as the Major Projects Report This is a report from a financial and audit perspective of the MoD’s performance in managing its major service and equipment projects. Despite a [...]
How the MoD Wastes Billions
An interesting and pretty hard hitting programme, as soon as we start talking about service personnel bleeding to death in a minefield because of a lack of medium helicopter lift or being killed when their Nimrod MR2 crashes because of a fire onboard it immediately hits home that the subject we like discussing is serious [...]
This Weeks Dispatches, Channel 4
In the run in to the publication of the SDSR the Channel 4 Dispatches team and respected author/journalist Sam Kiley will be airing a hard hitting documentary this week on the MoD and Defence Industry. Titled ‘How the MoD Wastes Our Billions‘ it accuses the MoD of wasting billions of pounds, favouring a small number of [...]
Step Forward (again) Lord Levene
The Defence Reform Unit is being set up under Lord Levene to oversee the changes outlined in the speech below. The DRU will work with the Permanent Secretary, Chief of the Defence Staff and the Service Chiefs to find ways of devolving greater responsibility for the running of the Services themselves. Lord Levene will therefore [...]
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