Defence Committee - Third Report
Defence Equipment 2009
Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 10 February 2009.
Contents
Terms of Reference
Summary
1 Introduction
2 DE&S progress and performance
Inquiries undertaken by the Committee into DE&S
Overview of DE&S progress
Performance in supporting current operations
Urgent Operational Requirements
Costs and funding of Urgent Operational Requirements
Recuperation of equipment
Equipment procurement performance
Procurement performance in 2007-08
Procurement performance in 2008-09
Factors behind the decline in procurement performance
PACE programme
Streamlining of DE&S
Review of defence acquisition
3 Short examination of the Equipment Programme
Aim of the short examination of the Equipment Programme
Progress with the short examination
Statement on 11 December 2008
FRES programme
Helicopters and the Future Lynx programme
Future Carrier
Joint Strike Fighter
MARS programmes
Rebalancing the equipment programme better to support the frontline
Status of the Equipment Programme
4 Funding of defence equipment and support
Comprehensive Spending Review settlement for defence
Funding of the Equipment Plan
Pre-budget statement
Defence research spending
Measures to limit DE&S spending
Defence Inflation
5 The Defence Industrial Strategy
Responsibility for implementing the Defence Industrial Strategy
Progress in implementing the Defence Industrial Strategy
Through-Life Capability Management
Updated version of the Defence Industrial Strategy
The Defence Industrial Base
Small and Medium-sized Enterprises and the supply chain
Conclusions and recommendations
Annex: List of Abbreviations
Formal minutes
Witnesses
List of written evidence
List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament
Oral and Written Evidence
Tuesday 18 November 2008
Tuesday 25 November 2008
Tuesday 16 December 2008
Written Evidence
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