Defence Acquisition and Industrial Strategy
We consider how the ideas, rules and arrangements that shape governmental defence relations with private sector suppliers challenge all governments.
The private sector provides a large variety of goods and services vital to the generation and use of military capability and absorbs over 60% of the UK defence budget. How that money is used has important consequences for the efficient and effective delivery of defence, foreign and economic policy. Our work provides insight into the different acquisition and industrial approaches suitable for the wide range of equipment, infrastructure and services involved.
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Trevor Taylor
Professorial Research Fellow
Military Sciences
Dr Linus Terhorst
Research Analyst
Military Sciences
Fellows
Isabella Antinozzi
RUSI Associate Fellow
Tim Banfield
Senior Associate Fellow; Former Head of the Government Project Delivery Profession, Cabinet Office
Ivor Bennett
Associate Fellow; Managing Director, Mateoc Limited
Victor Chavez CBE
Senior Associate Fellow; Former CEO, Thales UK
Simon Chelton
RUSI Associate Fellow, International Security
Air Commodore (Ret’d) Andrew Curtis OBE
Associate Fellow; Independent Defence Researcher
Henrik Heidenkamp
Associate Fellow; Head, Allied Command Operations Innovation Management, SHAPE
Paul Hough
Associate Fellow; Independent defence industry consultant
Dr Chris Lewis
Associate Fellow
Mike Maiden
Distinguished Fellow
Dr Felipe Medeiros
Associate Fellow
Mark Phillips
Associate Fellow
Tim Rowntree MA CEng MIET FRAES
Senior Associate Fellow; Former Director, Engineering and Safety, DE&S, Ministry of Defence
Dr Alex Walmsley FRAeS
Associate Fellow; Managing Director, GEL Laboratories UK Ltd; Non-exec Director, CMS Strategic