Defence Committee - Seventh Report
Defence Acquisition

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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 29 January 2013.

Contents

Terms of Reference

Conclusions and recommendations

1 Introduction

2 The problem

3 Acquisition Principles: The White Paper

Value for money

A defence industrial strategy?

Open procurement

Commercial off-the-shelf acquisition

Open systems and the modular approach

Exports and economic benefits

Working in alliances

Relations between Government and Industry

Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises

Science and technology spending

Wider government involvement

4 Solving the problem: the emerging solutions

Structural

DE&S Reform

5 The Acquisition Process

Identifying the requirements

Approval

Monitoring

6 Beyond the White Paper

Urgent operational requirements

Single-source contracts

7 Measuring success

8 Risks and Unknowns

Personnel and structure

Policy and processes

Flexibility

Security of Supply

Degradation of the national skills base

Conclusion

Formal Minutes

Witnesses

List of printed written evidence

List of additional written evidence

List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament

Oral and Written Evidence

Thursday 10 May 2012

Tuesday 15 May 2012

Tuesday 13 November 2012

Written Evidence

Additional (Unprinted) Written Evidence

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Prepared 5 February 2013