RUSI Defence Systems

Issue: Jun 2005, Vol. 8, No. 1

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EDITORIAL NOTES In this issue...
Bill Kincaid

The RDS Interview - Admiral Giampaolo Di Paola Italy’s Chief of Defence on procurement and the equipment priorities for her armed forces.

contention@rusi.org - Equipment Procurement: Smart or Dumb? The UK MoD has now had several years' experience in procurement in a new commercial environment. Has the experience drawn instructive lessons?

contention@rusi.org - The Debate: Spears and Ploughshares

DPA Forward: Making an Impact on the Delivery of Projects Peter Spencer describes the work he has set in hand to improve delivery of projects and records his cautious optimism over progress that is beginning to take effect.
Sir Peter Spencer, Chief of Defence Procurement, UK

Towards a European Defence Procurement Policy: Lessons from British and French Experience François Lureau examines ways of improving effectiveness in European defence procurement.
Dr François Lureau, Délégué Général pour l'Armement, French

Managing Complexity: A Team Sport Joseph Yakovac examines the complexity of acquisition today, when major defence systems are no longer ‘stovepipe’ equipments, but an integral part of the much wider system of systems of the future battlespace.
Lieutenant General Joseph Yakovac, Military Deputy to the A

Collaboration in European Defence Acquisition: Improved Outcomes Nazzareno Cardinali looks at the challenges of achieving significantly improved collaborative acquisition outcomes.
Lieutenant General Nazzareno Cardinali, Executive Director O

Acquisition of the Puma Infantry Fighting Vehicle Hans-Heinrich Weise describes the decisions concerning the procurement of Germany’s new infantry fighting vehicle and explains how this eqipment will be procured within a relatively short timescale.
Dr Hans-Heinrich Weise, Director of Armaments, German MoD

The Acquisition of New Military Capability: Moving Forward This article, by the two co-chairs of the MoD's Equipment Capability Group, examines the background and outlines the work that has emerged from the Shrivenham Workshop in December 2004.
Dick Applegate, Capability Manager UK MoD & Bob Barton, Mana

Managing Procurement Risk Bruce George examines how risk leads to project delays and cost overruns, and how risk can be managed better.
Rt Hon Bruce George MP, Chairman of the UK House of Commons

Leading Successful Change Steve Hill describes the vital ingredients of successful change, and how strong leadership is achieved.
Steve Hill, Formerly CEO of the UK's Defence Aviation Repair

The Deepwater Programme and the Role of Commercial Technology Robbin Laird explores the role of commercial technology and the use of nonspecialist defence providers in the acquisition of defence equipment, and identifies key lessons from the US Coast Guard’s Deepwater programme.
Dr Robbin Laird, Center for Security Strategies and Operatio

Complex Management Simplified: Lessons Learned from the DFTS Private Finance Initiative Programme John Seale discusses the lessons learned during the first seven years of the Defence Fixed Telecommunications Service (DFTS) at BT.
John Seale, DFTS Senior Business Director, BT

Capability Based Acquisition: Creating the Environment for Change Bob Barton gives a personal view from an industrial perspective of what needs to be changed if we are to move to acquisition based on the capability required, rather than on replacing existing equipment, and how that change can be implemented.
Bob Barton, Managing Director Future Systems, BAE Systems

A QinetiQ Perspective on Smart Acquisition Mike Goodfellowlooks at the UK MoD’s move to capability-based acquisition and the further developments required, not least at the very beginning of the procurement cycle.
Dr Mike Goodfellow, MD MoD Support, QinetiQ

Saving Time and Cost: A Comparisson between the Defence and Civil Aerospace Sectors The research objective of the Long-Term In Service Support (LOTISS) team is to improve the efficiency of inter-firm relations by comparing four principal facets of typical defence and civil aerospace transactions.
Penny-Anne CUllen, Bob Butcher, Richard Hickman and John Kea

UAVs: A Critical Miltiplier for Current and Future Forces Mark Curran examines the future requirement for unmanned aerial vehicles in the US Army, the future core capabilities they will provide and the areas where efforts will be focused over the next 25 years.
Lieutenant General Mark Curran, Deputy Commanding General, U

J-UCAS: Inventing a Weapon System for the Information Age Michael Francis and Michael Hirschberg look at the progress and promise of the world’s most advanced unmanned aircraft that is expected to transform the battlespace of the 21st century.
Dr Michael Francis and Michael Hirschberg, US Defense Advanc

Tactical UAV Growth in the UK: An Industry Perspective Using current unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) as examples, Michael Rowe examines possible paths along which the UK Tactical UAV (TUAV) capability may develop and the implications for the tactical battlespace.
Michael Rowe, Head of C4ISTAR System Architecting, Thales UK

Exploiting Unmanned Systems Dewar Donnithorne-Tait looks at the technical, regulatory, operational and business challenges in developing unmanned systems, and outlines an agenda for progress.
Dewar Donnithorne-Tait, President of the Association for Unm

The Challenge of Integrating UAVs into Mixed User Airspace Neil Taylor examines the major issues of airspace use and safety raised by the increasing employment of UAVs.
Air Commodore Neil Taylor, Fellow of Hughes Hall, University

Strategic Reach: What the Future Demands Charlie Hobson and Neal Topley examine the UK’s strategic lift capability and the future technologies that will allow optimisation of the desired effect in expeditionary operations.
Brigadier Charlie Hobson and Squadron Leader Neal Topley, Di

The A400M Role in Strategic Operations Roger Green examines the role of the A400M as an integral element of the UK’s logistic bridge and believes it has the potential to be a very versatile replacement for the aging C–130Ks.
Wing Commander Roger Green, Defence Analyst

The Air Force Contribution to Phase 4 Operations Clive Loader examines the challenges for the Royal Air Force in non-warfighting operations and how it can make a key contribution to rebuilding nations and to promoting their return to the international community.
Air Marshal Clive Loader, Deputy Commander-in-Chief, UK Stri

Deep Fires (They Ain't What They Used To Be) Jon Schreyach examines the changes in Deep Fires from the days of the Soviet threat to today’s rather different battlefields, and takes a look at one disturbing aspect of Jointery.
Colonel Jon Schreyach, Manager International Business, Lockh

Deep Target Attack Hjalmar Staaf explains the system-of-systems concept of the Archer artillery system, in which he emphasises that supporting systems must be designed and adapted simultaneously with the development process of a new system.
Hjalmar Staaf, Manager ILS Artillery Systems, Bofors Defence

Astute, Trident and SSGN: Land Attack for the Royal Navy Submarine Service Lee Willett examines the UK and US options for future ground attack from submarines in the future and considers the challenges for the UK submarine flotilla.
Dr Lee Willett, Head of Military Capabilities Programme, RUS

REVIEW: Effective Project Control Tim Banfield

REVIEW: Ministry of Defence: Assessing and Reporting Military Readiness Tim Banfield