Keith Skempton CBE DL is a retired Major General who has been employed in commercial defence activities, both manufacturing and property and infrastructure, since leaving the Army. He is now an independent consultant. Here, Mr Skempton explains the importance of partnership working and the adoption of a new ‘Whole Force ...
Keith Skempton CBE DL is a retired Major General who has been employed in commercial defence activities, both manufacturing and property and infrastructure, since leaving the Army. He is now an independent consultant. Here, Mr Skempton explains the importance of partnership working and the adoption of a new ‘Whole Force ...
Minister for Defence Procurement, Harriett Baldwin, has launched the Defence Industrial Policy Refresh consultation at a meeting with key defence suppliers. The Government committed to refreshing the defence industrial policy as part of the Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015 (SDSR15). Making it clear that competition within the defence supply chain ...
This weekend saw the Royal Navy’s Unmanned Warrior event get underway, the first large-scale demonstration of Unmanned systems alongside a major multinational naval exercise; Joint Warrior. The event was conceived by (then) First Sea Lord Admiral Zambellas in 2014, in line with the Strategic Defence and Security Review’s direction on innovation and ...