Studies in Defence Procurement

S88 2006 355.6'212 C2006-903435-4 © Copyright 2006 The Claxton Papers The Queen’s University Defence Management Studies Program, established with the support of the Canadian Department of National De- fence (DND), is intended to engage the interest and support of scholars, members of the Canadian Armed Forces, public servants, and partici- pants in the defence industry in the examination and teach. [...] Berkok INTRODUCTION This Claxton Paper collects the three presentations in the “Com- parative Views on the Economics of Defence Acquisition” session of the conference, “Defence Acquisition: Building Canada’s Future Military Forces.” The conference was co-sponsored by the Defence Management Studies Program at the School of Policy Studies of Queen’s University and by the Institute for Defence Resour. [...] The important developments were the shift to a “whole life” costing approach and the corresponding all-stakeholders participa- tion in CADMID (concept, assessment, demonstration, manufacture, in- service, and disposal) cycle evaluation of projects, the formation of the Defence Procurement Agency (DPA), the reduction of decision points and the creation of integrated project teams as a central featu. [...] Continuing in the same direction, the purchase of eight new Harriers and the modernization of the 12 that had been in service gave Defence Procurement Lessons 7 Spain the opportunity to negotiate a joint program between the US, Italy, and Spain for the development of the new Harrier variant. [...] In the current organizational framework of Australian Defence, the responsibility for new capability formation and the sustainment of the existing military capabilities is vested in output managers, in particular the three Service Chiefs, the Commander Australian Theatre, the Deputy Secretary Strategic Policy, and the Deputy Secretary Intelligence and Security.