Is part of the MoD procurement issue the fact that those at the top (ministers) are part of a short term merry go round, as are services personnel (2 year postings). Has this got worse since the Levene reforms? As the services own the projects as opposed to th MoD overall .

Do you think Australia is missing a trick not including the Arrowhead 140 in their light frigate shortlist? I realise that Rosyth might struggle to meet the required times line. However A140 is in production in Poland and Indonesia as well as Scotland.

On the recruitment front the RN has enough recruits applying, it is just not processing those the applications in a timely manner. The head of RN personnel should be judged on how full the training at Dartmouth and Raleigh are as their primary deliverable, and the how many pass.

bbc.co.uk/news/articles/… How does this not apply at the Irish Border ? Bearing in mind this is a EU system.

When should expect news regarding Norwegian T-26 ? Tom Sharpe Dr Alexander Clarke Gabriele Molinelli Alessio Patalano Francis Tusa Navy Lookout UK Defence Journal

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So the SDR will run through sorting most of its conclusions and recommendations only to be derailed by the US presidential results in November and a crisis in January when Trump reveals his wind down or US commitment to NATO.

Harland and Wolff's financial difficulties could become Navantia UKs issue and not a UK Government issue in the first instance, but this depends on how the contract is written.

From a national security perspective how much of the renewable infrastructure is hardened ? There has always been an issue with HV transformers and a possible Carrington event ? How would such a event hit the proposed renewable infrastructure ?