The Shipbuilding Industrial Base and the MOD Shipbuilding Programme -- Identifying and Analysing MOD's Acquisition Choices -- Analysis of Procurement Alternatives -- The Approved Type 45 Programme -- Issues Requiring Further Study -- Appendix A. Sensitivity Analysis -- Appendix B. Long-Term Implications of a Lack of Competition -- Appendix C. Building Ships in Blocks at Multiple Sites: Implications for the Type 45 Programme
Summary
The Type 45 is a new-generation destroyer that will become a main component in the Royal Navy's surface fleet. This work describes an analysis of strategies for the MOD to take in acquiring the Type 45. It examines issues such as whether the MOD should have it built by one company or by two
Notes
"Prepared for the United Kingdom's Ministry of Defense."
"Rand Europe."
"Research ... undertaken for the MOD's Chief of Defence Procurement jointly by RAND Europe and the International Security and Defense Policy Center of RAND's National Security Research Division (NSRD)"--Page iv
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 107-108)
