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NAO release report on MOD defence capabilities delivery

March 30, 2020

The National Audit Office (NAO) has released a report examining whether the Ministry of Defence gets the capabilities it requires when it needs them to meet its current and future defence objectives. The NAO report – ‘Delivering capabilities – delivering what was promised’ revealed that nearly one in three of the ...

NOA: MOD could face affordability gap of £20bn

Land February 6, 2018

The Ministry of Defence’s (MOD) ten year Equipment Plan is not affordable and does not provide a realistic forecast of the costs the department will have to meet over the next 10 years buying and supporting the equipment it has determined the Armed Forces need, according to a report from ...

Delivering Carrier Strike

Maritime March 16, 2017

The National Audit Office has today released its findings on the MODs Carrier Strike programme. The NAO has been investigating the MOD progress on delivering the new aircraft carriers as well as their strike capability. This will be the third report from NAO on Ministry of Defence progress, with the last ...

MOD warned it needs to make savings of £6Bn

Homeland January 30, 2017

A report from the National Audit Office has told the Ministry of Defence that it will need to make an extra £6Bn of savings in its Equipment Plan if it is to remain affordable. Head of the National Audit Office, Sir Amyas Morse, described affordability of the Equipment Plan as at ...