Defence Procurement in the United Kingdom: Which Way Will It Go?

Abstract

Three case studies were examined (Westland, NATO Frigate Replacement- 90, and European Fighter Aircraft) which involved defence procurement decision-making from 1985 to the present by the government of the United Kingdom. These cases involved three different outcomes in terms of national/multinational production: 1) national, 2) UK/US, 3) UK/Europe and 4) UK/Europe and US. Each case examined the technical, economic, socio-political and military variables in an attempt to explain and generalize about the future of defence procurement in the United Kingdom. The case studies resulted in the findings that technological, economic and political considerations were of utmost importance in determining whether the United Kingdom chose to produce a weapon system with the United States and/or Europe.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA243126

Entities

People

  • Kaye M. Emerson

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerospace Industry
  • Air Defense
  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Case Studies
  • Commerce
  • Defense Industry
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Governments
  • International Relations
  • National Security
  • Procurement
  • Space Systems
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Economics
  • European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP).
  • Systems Analysis and Design