Procurement and Politics

This book compares and contrasts the experiences of large scale military procurement in Canada and Australia. Focusing on recent frigate and jet-fighter programmes, it demonstrates how delays suffered in delivering weapons systems and platforms have been caused by misalignments between the strategic requirements set out by the armed forces and government defence policies. By bringing the insights of public management and administration to those of defence studies, and by conducting detailed case studies of large-scale, long-term, military procurement, the book develops awareness and policy options that will improve the nature of large project procurement, and support the growth of closer alignment between governmental strategic goals and defence resources in this critical area.