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Defence Management Programme

Cutting-edge analysis and comment from the world's oldest defence and security think tank
Defence Management Programme
This Programme examines defence acquisition policies, practice and strategy.


Articles

Storm Shadow RDS Jun 07Can European Co-operation Deliver Competitive, Cutting-edge Defence Equipment?
This article identifies both the rewards and the risks of international collaborative equipment programmes.
Complex Weapons: Challenges for Industry
Chris Conroy looks at progress and challenges in the Complex Weapons sector. This paper appears in the electronic version only.
The Revolution in Defence Acquisition Affairs: Why Smart Acquisition is Working
David Moore is Course Director of the Defence Acquisition Management MSc at UK’s Defence College of Management and Technology (DCMT) and Paul Nixon is a Contract Manager in the Maritime Domain of the Defence Logistics Organisation and a part-time Doctoral Student at DCMT. They look at what Smart Acquisition is achieving and how the more recent initiatives of the Defence Industrial Strategy, the Defence Technology Strategy and Enabling Acquisition Change will carry forward those achievements.


Commentary

Future Carrier (Image: BAE Systems)Ministry of Defence Announces Two New Aircraft Carriers for the Royal Navy
The Ministry of Defence today has formally announced that it will place a contract to build two new aircraft carriers for the Royal Navy.