Supporting Armed Forces communities The government has committed to put the Armed Forces Covenant fully into law and establish an independent Armed Forces Commissioner. This aligns with statements within the SDR Terms of Reference that “all defence personnel – in and out of uniform – are at the heart of defence’s plans”, with improvements to service life (including recruitment, education, training and retention) being explicitly recognised as an objective of the SDR.
Nuclear deterrent The government has reaffirmed its “total commitment to the independent UK nuclear deterrent” as one of its parameters within which the SDR will take place. It is commonly understood that the nuclear deterrent is likely to occupy “an increasing proportion of total defence spending” over time. Skills With increased investment into the UK defence industry, people and skills will be critical to enabling the UK to execute against a backlog of demand throughout the defence supply chain. Maintaining the right skills and knowledge has always been difficult where there has been a reducing demand, this is now changing. There is a real opportunity to build the skills in Engineering, Manufacturing, IT, Cyber....the list goes on. To ensure that the pipeline of new skills is built, the defence industry needs to invest in the people and processes to attract the best. The correct culture, technology, leadership is all part of creating a workplace that attracts the best people from a broad range of backgrounds that industry will need, to reduce the current skills gap.
“The Project One team have helped me transform the programme. They have left their badges at the door and worked where needed across the programme to keep us moving forward at pace. We have struggled with Business Cases in the past, so to write the business case in 3 months and to have such positive feedback from the Assurers is a great achievement. I look forward to continuing to deliver the Programme with Project One.” Head of Business Integration
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