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KEY NOTE DEFENCE EQUIPMENT JANUARY 2000

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ISBN 1-84168-079-6

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The incoming Government’s Strategic Defence Review (SDR) was belatedly published in July 1998, introducing considerable change for the Armed Forces and their suppliers. Further change has also been instigated by HM Treasury, affecting all government departments including the Ministry of Defence (MoD). Explanation of these changes is a feature of this report. As with other departments of state, accurate information has become increasingly difficult to obtain from the MoD since the present Government took office. The annual reporting cycle, by the MoD to Parliament, has been completely changed with some publications no longer produced. This report seeks to fill the void which has resulted, with factual information from a wide variety of unclassified sources. UK expenditure on defence equipment was £9.8bn in 1999/2000, and the market can be divided into three primary sectors: sea systems land systems air systems. Defence equipment is increasingly being supplied by a smaller number of large companies, whether in continental Western Europe, the US or in the UK. Against the necessary financial background, the effects of industrial restructuring together with the procurement decisions arising from the SDR are examined in this report In financial terms, defence is not high on the domestic political agenda and the associated expenditure has been under considerable pressure throughout the 1990s. Exports have thus been, and will continue to be, an important factor in cushioning the UK’s equipment suppliers against the impact of a decline in the defence budget. A great deal of rhetoric has been heard from the Prime Minister and others, during the past 2 years, about the future of the Armed Forces. Whatever plans there may be for the Services, they will have to conduct their affairs with less money. The forward equipment programme, however, contains considerable prospects for a restructured defence industry as described in this report.

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