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Prioritizing defence industry capabilities

17 Jan 2014

Prioritizing Defence Industry Capabilities The main strength of this latest stage in the evolution of defence industry policy is its comprehensive catalogue and description of the range of practical, funded programs in place to foster the development of the Australian defence industry base. [...] Second, the 2007 policy statement identified Priority Industry Capabilities (PICs) and connected those capabilities to the classified Defence Planning Guidance and the public version of the Defence Capability Plan.11 This connection was to be achieved by including the requirement for a Defence Industry Self-Reliance Plan, – a classified document that would complement the Defence Capability Plan. [...] The relationships that are shown in Figure 1 are an evolution and refinement of the previous Defence Needs of Australian Industry policy documents that were released beginning in 1997.12 In the initial policy documents there was a much broader indication from government to industry of what capabilities the ADF would be looking for in the future. [...] Both of these documents make reference to the 2008 procurement and sustainment review Going to the Next Level: the Report of the Procurement and Sustainment Review, and the defence industry policy also makes reference to the strategic reform program that was launched in conjunction with the 2009 defence policy, The Strategic Reform Program: Delivering Force 2030.15 The defence policy statement pro [...] The important issue for Australian industry to acknowledge is that it appears that the Australian Government is prepared to accept changes in the size and composition of the defence industry including some diminution in overall industry capability.
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Authors

Stone, Craig

ISBN
9781927573228
Pages
35
Published in
Ottawa, Ontario

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