The Royal Navy - waiting for the 'Golden Age'
UK Defence Minister Grant Shapps gave a speech on the 14th May at the First Sea Lord's Sea Power Conference in London, accompanied…
Gambling on the MOD's future budget
Following my recent article about the £16.9bn black hole that suddenly appeared in the UK MOD's Equipment Plan, the Commons Defence Committee held…
There's a black hole in the defence budget, again.
The MOD declined to produce a new Equipment Plan this year for 2023-2033. Instead it issued an "Update on Affordability" early in December…
Royal Navy readiness - is support being neglected?
The UK's Defence Committee continued its inquiry into Armed forces Readiness with a session on Tuesday 14th November with Admiral Sir Ben Key…
MOD Major Projects Report - skills and resources hold back progress
In July the UK Infrastructure & Projects Authority released its latest annual report for 2022/23 into major projects across Government. I took a…
UK Defence Command Paper - how thin can we spread the butter?
Following the release of the 2023 Refresh of the Integrated Review, we should see the corresponding update to the Defence Command Paper within…