contention@rusi.org - Equipment Procurement: Smart or Dumb?
CHALLENGES FACING THE DEFENCE INDUSTRIAL BASE
by Mike Turner
Mike Turner is the Chief Executive Officer of BAE Systems. Here he calls for a national strategy that addresses the challenges and opportunities inherent in sustaining a strong industrial base in the future.
COMPARING AMERICAN APPLES AND BRITISH ORANGES
by Peter Spiegel
Peter Spiegel is defence correspondent of the Financial Times. He compares overruns in British defence equipment programmes with those across the Atlantic.
WHY CAN’T THE MILITARY BUY LIKE AN AIRLINE?
by Professor Keith Hayward
Keith Hayward is Head of Research at the Royal Aeronautical Society in London. Here, he examines whether there are any valid reasons why defence ministries in Europe and the US cannot buy equipment in the way that airlines buy aircraft.
REDUCING COST GROWTH AND SLIPPAGE
by Peter Cook
Peter Cook is Executive Chairman of HVR Consulting Services Ltd. He believes costgrowth is not what it seems and that it is caused by poor cost-estimation in the early years.
‘SMART’ DEFENCE PROCUREMENT
by Tony Purton
Tony Purton was a director of contracts in the UK’s MoD. He looks at why Smart Procurement, the buying function of Smart Acquisition, has not achieved its promise.
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