RUSI Defence Systems

Issue: Nov 2004, Vol. 7, No. 2

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EDITORIAL NOTES In This Issue...
Bill Kincaid

The RDS Interview - Sir Jeremy Blackham The UK President of EADS gives his views on the development of the aerospace industry, the relationship between governments and the defence industry, future equipment requirements and research and development.

contention@rusi.org - The Future of the UK Defence Industry Conflicting views on the actions that should be taken, or not taken, to shape the future of the UK defence industry

contention@rusi.org - International Collaboration: Why Bother? The Debate from the last issue

Government and Industry: France and UK as Customers for Defence A comparison of the different approaches required in dealing with the French and British MoDs
John Howe, Vice Chairman, Thales UK

Government and Industry: Japan The relationship between the Japanese Government and the defence industry, and the prospect for change
Gen Yamamoto, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

Government and Industry: Australia The attempts of the Australian Defence Materiel Organisation to build an effective partnership with industry
Peter Richards, ADI Ltd

Government and Industry: The trouble with JIT An examination of whether ‘Just in Time’ logistics has less to offer defence than some may wish to believe
Tom Foulkes, Director General, Institution of Civil Engineer

Government and Industry: Defence Logistics - The Challenge of Effectiveness and Efficiency The challenge of achieving better availability and reliability of fighting equipment at reduced cost
Commodore Bob Mark, formerly Director of Strategy, Defence L

Government and Industry: Problematic Partnering The future direction that UK MoD equipment procurement may take and its effect on partnering between MoD and industry
Professor David Kirkpatrick, Professor of Defence Analysis,

Government and Industry: Parking Tanks on Whose Lawn? A recent history of mergers and acquisitions, and the way they may develop
Dr Jeffrey Bradford, Babcock International

Government and Industry: Why Isn’t Smart Acquisition Working as it Should? A look at the latest state of Smart Acquisition in UK in the context of evidence given to the House of Commons Defence Committee
Dr Alex Weiss, Defence Engineering Group, University College

Medium Weight Forces: The UK Medium Weight Capability - A Response to the Changing Strategic Context How the shortfall in UK’s capability to intervene with balanced forces will be eliminated by the UK’s medium weight capability
General Sir Mike Jackson, Chief of the General Staff, UK MoD

Medium Weight Forces: Towards Medium Forces The changes in the French Army aimed at providing the best response to today’s broader spectrum of tasks
General Bernard Thorette, Chief of the French Army Staff

Medium Weight Forces: The Future German Army - Capabilities and Procurement Projects The German Army’s transformation programme and its future armoured vehicle fleet
Lieutenant General Hans-Otto Budde, Chief of the German Army

Medium Weight Forces: Sweden - Transformation of Ground Combat Forces The sweeping changes being made in the Swedish Army to achieve the right balance between heavy, medium and light forces
Major General Alf Sandqvist, Inspector General and Chief of

Medium Weight Forces: Delivering the Medium Weight Capability How the UK’s medium weight capability will be delivered
Major General Dick Applegate, Capability Manager (Battlespac

Medium Weight Forces: A Force for All Seasons Experiences in the post-conflict phase in Iraq point to greater investment in the soldier’s personal equipment and in urban ISTAR
Brigadier Bill Moore, Commander 19 Mechanised Brigade in Ira

Medium Weight Forces: Hesitation When Bravery is Needed The MoD’s decision to employ a ‘personal shopper’ that only adds another layer of bureaucracy
Francis Tusa, Editor Defence Analysis

Medium Weight Forces: Lethality on the Modern Battlefield The 120mm mortar system that can be incorporated in light, wheeled vehicles
Teng Tat Chong, Singapore Technologies Kinetics

Air Power: Perspectives of Air Power and Interoperability The importance of individuals and the relationships they forge in international collaboration and interoperability
Bruce Lemkin, US Deputy Under Secretary of the Air Force for

Air Power: Developing Tomorrow’s Air Power Today How lessons from recent operations are shaping the pathway to transformation of air power
Air Chief Marshal Sir Brian Burridge, Commander-in-Chief Str

Air Power: Farnborough 2004 - Prizes Galore Big winners and small winners, sound and fury, hi-tech equipment and low-tech entry searches – and more – at Farnborough 2004
Robin Ashby, Director, UK Defence Forum

Air Power: Survivability of the Offensive Force Air Power Group, Royal Aeronautical Society

Maritime Air Power: Lessons learned from two decades of maritime air operations and conclusions for the future delivery of air power
Commodore Steve Jermy, Commodore Fleet Air Arm, UK

Maritime Air: Exploiting 21st Century Technology - The US Navy Multi-Mission Maritime Aircraft The driving factors behind the recent US Navy’s decision on its future multi-mission maritime aircraft
Martin Fisher, CEO International Aerospace and Defence Netwo

Maritime Air: Cerberus: Mastering the ISTAR Battlefield The change from airborne early warning to battlespace management of aircraft, ships and land forces
Michael Attfield, Radar and EW Mission Systems, Thales UK

Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear - CBRN Capability: The State of Play A view of the UK’s CBRN landscape and a look in the crystal ball at the future
Colonel Andy Pedder, Team Leader, NBC IPT, Defence Procureme