Further Government response
Letter from Peter Luff MP to the Committee about
problems concerning the procurement of A400M
At CDM's appearance before the House of Commons Defence
Committee, during which problems regarding the procurement of
A400M were discussed,[1]
the committee requested that a study be commissioned, to establish
the lessons learned from the A400M which could be applied to future
collaborative projects.
Professor Trevor Taylor,[2]
a lecturer at the Cranfield University, Defence Academy Shrivenham,
was selected to undertake the review and to produce the report.
The MOD originally agreed to provide the completed report by the
end of September 2010 but a short extension was agreed to ensure
that it did not interfere with the intensive contract negotiations
which continued until November 2010. The final report was received
on 20 December 2010.
Please find enclosed the final copy of the report
for distribution to your committee. The report will make a contribution
to the body of evidence on collaborative projects lessons learned
necessary to take forward a key work stream of acquisition reform.
The conclusion that we should aim to run collaborative projects
better and not seek to avoid them provides an interesting perspective
with which to take the report forward into acquisition reform.
This report is being handed to the Business Change Team that is
responsible for taking forward acquisition reform within the DE&S.
Peter Luff MP
Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology
Ministry of Defence
February 2011
1 HCDC Defence Equipment 2010, Sixth Report
of the Session 2009-10, 4 March 2010 Back
2
Emeritus Professor (Defence Acquisition, Comparative International
Acquisition, and the Organisation of Defence Acquisition) Cranfield
University, also RUSI Back
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