How Procurement Destroys Armies - Requirements, Risks & Development gone wrong

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Long before equipment reaches the front, it must first be ordered, designed, produced and fielded.

This is a process that nations have been going through for centuries. That doesn't mean they're always good at it.

With every year that passes it seems that military equipment becomes more expensive, delivery schedules blow out more, and failures mount.

Sometimes the answer may be corruption - but sometimes it's just a case of mistakes being made and things going wrong.

In this video I want to have a look at some reasons why...

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Comments & Caveats:
The level of simplification is outstanding - from the simplified flow to a lack of discussion on turned out dollars, this is a basic, illustrative version of this issue. but I nonetheless hope it is helpful and entertains.

Sources/Reading:

Secretary Kendall on NGAD and F-35 contracting
https://defensescoop.com/2023/05/22/k...

https://www.defensenews.com/air/2023/...

GAO on the F-35 program
https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-23-1...

GAO highlights on F-35
https://www.gao.gov/assets/gao-23-106...

More GAO on F-35
https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-23-1...

Publicity on UK defence procurement
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/...

Baden-Wurttembuerg
https://arstechnica.com/information-t...

Czech Leopard procurement
https://www.defensenews.com/global/eu...

P-75I reporting
https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/...

Reporting on E-3 sustainment costs
https://aviationweek.com/defense-spac...

EU joint ammunition program
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/...

Featured NGAD reports:
https://breakingdefense.com/2023/05/t...

ASPI - Dr. Marcus Hellyer - Understanding the price of military equipment
https://www.aspi.org.au/report/unders...

Canadian Senate Committee on National Finance
https://sencanada.ca/content/sen/comm...

USAF proposing cuts
https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/yo...

Burevestnik reporting
https://thediplomat.com/2019/02/russi...

F-35 FRP reporting
https://breakingdefense.com/2022/03/f...

Included article on Oskosh contract award
https://www.thenorthwestern.com/story...

Further
https://breakingdefense.com/2016/02/l...

https://gagadget.com/en/weapons/22248...

Canada strikes F-35 deal
https://www.reuters.com/business/aero...

Indian Submarine Tender
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/...

https://thewire.in/security/indian-na...

Ajax
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2...

F-35 service contract
https://www.airandspaceforces.com/art...

CRS Russian defence industry
https://crsreports.congress.gov/produ...

Why Military Procurement Has Rarely Adhered to Authorised Schedules
https://thewire.in/security/military-...

Challenges in UK Defence Acquisition - RAND
https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_re...

Timestamps:
00:00:00 — How Procurement Destroys Armies
00:01:24 — What Am I Talking About?
00:04:26 — Procurement And Why It Goes Wrong
00:10:37 — Getting The Requirement Wrong
00:27:56 — Contracting Goes Wrong
00:34:07 — I Have Altered The Deal
00:37:47 — Speed Kills, So Does Delay
00:40:43 — When It Doesn't Actually Go Wrong
00:44:11 — The Quantity Death Spiral
00:51:09 — Putting It All Together
00:57:35 — Getting It Right?
01:06:30 — Conclusion
01:07:35 — Channel Update