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The Weekly Recap: Secret German Tanks, Mystery Azeri Plane Crash and That Buzzkill National Audit Office
July 08 by Robert DensmoreThe Weekly Recap This week, we take on some hefty themes, but start with a niche report that Defence IQ offered on the Azeri plane crash in Afghanistan. It involved a healthy bit of investigative jo...
National Audit Office Report: Carrier Strike
July 07 by National Audit OfficeThe National Audit Office has expressed deep concern about risks to value for money from the changes to the aircraft carrier and associated Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) aircraft project made in the 20...
National Audit Office: Carrier Strike
July 07 by Defence IQ Digital"The 2010 Strategic Defence and Security Review has radically changed the Carrier Strike concept. It generated £3.4 billion of savings but introduced significant levels of operational, technic...
MOD's Major Projects Review Board stands up
June 14 by Defence IQ13 Jun 11 The Ministry of Defence's Major Projects Review Board, designed to scrutinise and hold to account some of the Department's most expensive projects, has met for the first time today,...
UK MoD prepares for major procurement reforms
June 06 by Neil WaghornIn the week that the Chief of the General Staff, General Sir Peter Wall, added his voice to the debate over the state of the MoD procurement procedure, the Government announced the development of a...
MoD parries National Audit Office criticisms of millions in overspend
May 31 by Neil Waghorn'In the period since 1998, the Department’s standard acquisition approach 14 has failed to deliver armoured vehicle projects on a consistent basis in line with plans. While the Department has...
UK MoD response to National Audit Office report
May 23 by Defence IQDefence Minister Peter Luff said:"The NAO recognises that the Urgent Operational Requirements (UOR) process is swiftly delivering world class equipment to the battlefield. Since May 2010, nearly &po...