Supporting Acquistion Reform

With the need to fully equip Britain's Armed Forces for their ever-growing and changing challenges, and against the backdrop of crippling domestic budgetary constraints, the Gray Report, published in October 2009, took a detailed look into defence acquisition and the way the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) purchases military and associated equipment.

The Gray Report identified two main requirements:

1. Bring equipment plans into line with likely available resources
2. Improve equipment programme planning, management and delivery

These themes were accepted and expanded upon in the UK MOD's subsequent Defence Strategy for Acquisition Reform, and also formed a major part of the thinking for the Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR) which was published in October 2010.

The report's author, Bernard Gray, was later appointed the MOD's Chief of Defence Materiel in December 2010, with responsibility for delivering all aspects of the Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) plan. His responsibilities include MOD assets worth £104bn and an annual operating budget of £13bn.

VEGA understands that the ability to make informed capability acquisition decisions is paramount. The impact of these decisions, when considered within the context of acquisition reform, needs to be fully understood, to enable them to be continually evaluated and reassessed throughout the capability's lifecycle.

We are actively engaged across the MOD and industry to help ensure that the principles of Through Lilife Capability Management (TLCM) help transform the acquisition of new capability and ensure that it delivers the full potential benefit to the Front Line Commands.

VEGA is a recognised supplier to the UK MOD, and is qualified under FATS.

Contact VEGA for more information about our work supporting the acquisition reform and the objectives of the Gray Report