There's a black hole in the defence budget, again.
The MOD declined to produce a new Equipment Plan this year for 2023-2033. Instead it issued an "Update on Affordability" early in December…
Procurement (21)
MOD Major Projects Report - skills and resources hold back progress
In July the UK Infrastructure & Projects Authority released its latest annual report for 2022/23 into major projects across Government. I took a…
UK Defence Command Paper - how thin can we spread the butter?
Following the release of the 2023 Refresh of the Integrated Review, we should see the corresponding update to the Defence Command Paper within…
Ajax Lessons Learned Review Released
The Ajax Lessons Learned Report by Clive Sheldon KC has finally been released - all 172 pages of it. It is very thorough…
Defence is set up to fail
Defence procurement is notorious for failure - failure to deliver on time, on budget, and to specification. Yet within the defence community are…
Go far, or go home - the UK's Carrier Conundrum
The UK's Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers were originally conceived nearly 30 years ago when the world, and our perception of it, was…