Arms Procurement

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Uttley
Keyword(s):  
Industrial Policy ◽  
Loss Of Control ◽  
Security Of Supply ◽  
Industrial Base ◽  
Systems Security ◽  
Defence Industry ◽  
Defence Procurement ◽  
National Governments ◽  
National Defence ◽  
Weapons Systems

Since 1990, the European states have confronted tensions in balancing security of supply imperatives and equipment affordability constraints in procuring advanced weapons systems. Security of supply is equated with the retention of a national defence technological and industrial base (DTIB). Correspondingly, intergenerational cost increases in weapons production have progressively eroded the affordability of maintaining autonomous DTIBs, leading to the internationalization of what were formerly considered ‘national’ defence firms. This chapter challenges the argument of some analysts that these structural factors will lead inevitably to loss of control by national governments over weapons production and the inexorable rise of a globalized defence industry. It demonstrates instead that the European states do exercise significant agency in national defence procurement and industrial policy such that national DTIB protection still prevails, which explains why EU attempts to integrate and foster a strategically autonomous European defence technological and industrial base (EDTIB) have hitherto failed.

scholarly journals Croatia's defence industrial base - an economic policy perspective

2018 ◽  
Vol 69 (4) ◽  
pp. 439-458
Author(s):  
Dražen Smiljanić
Keyword(s):  
Economic Policy ◽  
Industrial Policy ◽  
Systematic Approach ◽  
Policy Documents ◽  
Policy Perspective ◽  
Industrial Base ◽  
Smart Specialisation ◽  
Broad Framework ◽  
The Republic ◽  
National Defence

This paper evaluates the developments in Croatia’s defence industrial base (DIB) from an economic policy perspective. By reviewing existing strategic and policy documents, this evaluation analyses the potentials and obstacles of Croatia’s DIB to become beneficial to the overall Croatian economy and a relevant supplier for the national defence. The result shows that the DIB in the Republic of Croatia is neither being developed nor sustained under a formal defence industrial policy/strategy framework. However, a systematic approach based on the Smart Specialisation Strategy provides a broad framework for initiatives and practices aiming to ensure viability and growth of the firms comprising Croatia’s DIB.

Industrial Policy of the European Community: Strategic Deficits and Regional Dilemmas

1992 ◽  
Vol 24 (12) ◽  
pp. 1711-1730 ◽  
Author(s):  
D Sadler
Keyword(s):  
European Community ◽  
Industrial Policy ◽  
Regional Policy ◽  
Free Market ◽  
Fair Competition ◽  
Regional Impacts ◽  
Key Sectors ◽  
The Usa ◽  
European Industry ◽  
National Governments

Industrial policy of the European Community (EC) shifted in emphasis towards a neoliberal approach in the late 1980s as one part of moves towards completion of the single internal market by 1992. Intervention by national governments was also to be curtailed (in theory at least) on the grounds that it would be contrary to fair competition and free trade. There is mounting evidence, however, that European industry is increasingly falling behind its main rivals based in the USA and Japan. This poses a sharp challenge for the future of companies in certain key sectors, and for the places and regions dependent on employment in those industries. These issues of industrial strategy and regional development are explored in this paper. First, the change which took place in EC industrial policy from the limited but deliberately interventionist stance of the early 1980s to a much more strongly market-led approach by the early 1990s is outlined. The implications of such free-market measures for the energy sector, in terms of security-of-supply considerations are identified, and these measures are compared with the difficulty experienced in formulating a response to the challenge of global competition in another key sector, automobile production. The uneven regional impacts of such changes are then considered, and the inadequacy, even in its own terms, of present EC regional policy is indicated. Finally, the emergent strategic deficit in EC industrial policy, the regional dilemma associated with the ‘1992’ proposals, and the potential scope for alternative policy directions are addressed.

The European Union’s Industrial Policy

2020 ◽  
pp. 620-660 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael A. Landesmann ◽  
Roman Stöllinger
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Industrial Policy ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Global Context ◽  
Structural Funds ◽  
Catching Up ◽  
Advanced Economies ◽  
The Subject ◽  
National Governments

This chapter reviews the industrial policy in the European Union in the light of the revived interest in the subject and the most pressing challenges ahead. In the current global context these challenges are (i) to keep pace at the technology frontier with the technologically most advanced economies; (ii) to meet the challenges of fast catching-up emerging economies; (iii) to contribute to the convergence and cohesion processes within the European Union; and (iv) to deal with climate change and environmental sustainability issues more generally. A quantitative exercise that makes use of the European Union’s budget data, including the structural funds, and member states aid expenditures, is used to identify the European Union’s current industrial policy priorities. The results are the basis for an assessment of the extent to which the key challenges are addressed at the supranational level and which aspects are primarily dealt with by national governments.

Complex System Engineering for Naval Ship Procurement

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Derek Hughes ◽  
Andrew Wills
Keyword(s):  
Think Tanks ◽  
Project Teams ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Industrial Base ◽  
Effective Manner ◽  
Department Of National Defence ◽  
Party Support ◽  
National Defence ◽  
Logical Extension

Canada has not had a focused military shipbuilding program for some years and one of the outcomes from this is that uniformed and civilian staff within the Department of National Defence have not managed to acquire the skillsets necessary to support large acquisition programs in an effective manner. In addition to this, in recent years, numbers of former Department of National Defence staff have transitioned to Industry, often in senior positions as Industry wish to make use of the information held by these staff. The logical extension is that many sectors in the Canadian Industrial base also lack the skillsets to support large acquisition programs and have to rely on foreign third party support where they are able to call upon it. The paper will discuss the concept of providing a set of Workshops, “Think Tanks” and provide feedback to Project Teams on their approaches linked to likely outcomes with the aim of transferring knowledge to the project team members and empowering the project teams with a “Systems Thinking” culture.

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