A battle for best practice
13 September 2012
A year on from the major reorganisation of UK defence purchasng and logistics, Elizabeth Bellamy examines whether 'smart procurement' has got any smarter
After recent debacles over jamming rifles and Tornado bombers unable to use “smart” weapons, defence procurement has been thrown into the spotlight again as ministers wrangle this month over the awarding of two major Ministry of Defence contracts.
Two groups, a European consortium led by Matra BAe Dynamics - a joint venture between the UK’s BAe Systems and...