National Security Through Technology: Technology, Equipment, and Support for UK Defence and Security

NationalSecurity ThroughTechnology: Technology,Equipment,and SupportforUKDefenceandSecurity National Security Through Technology 1 NationalSecurity ThroughTechnology: Technology,Equipment,and SupportforUKDefenceandSecurity Presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for Defence By Command of Her Majesty February 2012 Cm 8278 £16.00 © Crown copyright 2012 You may re-use this information (excluding logos) free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government Licence. To view this licence, visit http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/ or e-mail: psi@nationalarchives.gsi.gov.uk. Where we have identified any third party copyright information you will need to obtain permission from the copyright holders concerned. Any enquiries regarding this publication should be sent to us at White Paper (Cm8278) Enquiries DCC&E 5.N.23 MOD Main Building Whitehall London SW1A 2HB or Email: dgdcsecip-cm8277-8@mod.uk and start your subject as “Enquiry - Cm8278” This publication is available for download at www.official-documents.gov.uk This document is also available from our website at http://www.mod.uk ISBN: 9780101827829 Printed in the UK for The Stationery Office Limited on behalf of the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office ID P002469098 01/12 Printed on paper containing 75% recycled fibre content minimum. Contents Foreword 5 Executive Summary 8 Part 1: UK Defence and Security Procurement 11 Chapter 1: Our New Approach 11 1.1 Technology, Equipment, and Support for UK Defence and Security 11 1.2 Our objective 12 1.2.1 Defined requirements consistent with a defined budget 12 1.3 Achieving value for money: the Open Procurement principle 13 1.4 Why defence and security procurement is different: the Technology Advantage principle 14 1.5 Application of our New Approach 15 1.6 The wider UK perspective 17 1.7 Taking action 17 1.8 Opportunities for UK-based industry 17 Chapter 2: Open Procurement 19 2.1 Open competition 19 2.2 Off-the-shelf 20 2.2.1 Modified off-the-shelf 21 2.3 Open systems 21 2.4 Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) 22 2.5 Defence support 23 Chapter 3: Technology Advantage 25 3.1 Sovereignty 26 3.1.1 Sovereignty concepts 26 3.1.2 Protecting sovereignty 27 3.1.3 Impact of national security issues on the market 29 3.1.4 EU commitments 30 3.2 Working with other countries 30 3.2.1 Bilateral 31 3.2.2 Multilateral 32 3.3 Technology 33 3.3.1 Investing in technology advantage 33 3.3.2 Being an intelligent customer 34 3.3.3 Government in-house science & technology capabilities 35 3.3.4 Developing and communicating future requirements to industry 36 3.3.5 Maximising value-for-money 38 Part 2: The UK Defence and Security Industry 42 Chapter 4: The Wider UK Perspective 42 4.1 Growth 43 4.1.1 How the Government is supporting growth 45 4.2 The importance of skills 45 4.3 Investing in the UK 47 4.4 Commitment to opening up markets 48 4.5 Emerging sectors 48 4.5.1 Cyber security 48 4.5.2 Energy and materials security 49 Chapter 5: Government Action 50 5.1 Working with Government 50 5.2 Supporting exports 51 5.2.1 Defence and security benefits 51 5.2.2 Exports and growth 52 5.2.3 Exporting responsibly 52 5.2.4 Government-to-Government support 53 5.2.5 New Approach 54 5.3 Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) 55 5.3.1 Changes to MOD processes 57 5.3.2 MOD’s relationship with SMEs 59 5.3.3 SMEs’ relationship with prime contractors 59 5.4 Ministerial Working Group 61 Chapter 6: Implementation 62 Acronym List 63 4 National Security Through Technology ... - tailieumienphi.vn