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Under the Radar
Released on the same day the Green Paper the MoD also published the Defence Equipment and Support Business Strategy 2008-12 and the Blueprint: The Future Operating Model.
This Blueprint sets out the future operating model for DE&S in line with the direction set out by our Business Strategy. It describes ...
More Bang for the Buck
I absolutely hate that phrase but it seems to have entered common language, Lord Guthrie and Conservative party candidate for Islington South and Finsbury have created a report, published by the Centre for Policy Studies that outlines how the UK can obtain better value for its defence expenditure.
A ...
Reforming Defence Procurement
This post is from one of our regular commenters, Dominic Johnson.
It is my belief that there are two key issues facing the Armed forces of the United Kingdom.
The First, predictably, is funding
The level of funding for the armed forces is around 2.7% of GDP, this is the least it’s been since, well, ...
An Off the Shelf Lesson
When faced with the incredibly disturbing headlines of £15million light helicopters there is a temptation to automatically assume that a deal is a bad one because it is British. The Defence Industrial Strategy attempts to maintain both sovereign capabilities necessary for our strategic defence and a ...
Bears Really Do Shit in Woods
There has been much fuss this week over the Gray Report with all the online and traditional media outlets frothing at the mouth because of the rumoured content and delayed publication.
The report was due to be published before the House of Parliament summer recess. John Hutton MP, the former Secretary ...
Off the Shelf – Part 2
Our earlier post about the dangers of buying off someone else’s shelf has elicited some good responses and criticisms.
One of the main criticisms is that we have conflated the issue of an urgent off the shelf procurement with all its compromises and that of a more considered off the shelf purchase.
Perhaps ...
The Dangers of ‘Off Someone Else’s Shelf’
One often hears the call for more military equipment to be obtained off the shelf to reduce in service timescales and costs. It is a well trodden path but it is not without its own particular set of issues and is not the panacea that is often supposed.
There are couple of variants of off the shelf;
Military ...
