Weapon Procurement in Phase Considerations

This book is the second edition of "A historical Phase appreciation of weapon procurement" ISBN 1 901414 00 0. It builds upon that book both theoretically qand emperically. Whereas that first edition contained no references, this book details all the sources consulted. This has been at the request of academic researchers who wish to use this book as a reference and for core course reading. The academic and historic purpose of this book is to present the manner in weapons are procurred in phases. The first edition of this book considered phase as the concept, direction and maturation of the procurement of a weapon. This was in direct relation to the actual procurement process of each weapon system. This edition takes this a step further considering each phase as both a phase of procurement comparatively in war and peace as well as the a phase in the actual procurement process. This is the prime reason for the change in the title of the book.

Table of Contents:
Preface. . 4 Book Introduction. . 8 Conceptual Notions. . 8 Conceptual Intentions.. . 8 Book Structure. . 9 Chapter One: Research Questions . . 10 Introduction. . 10 Procurement as a means of historical phase evaluation.. . 10 Matrix for Research Questions . . 12 Perspectives . . 12 Realism and neo-mercantilism. . 12 Liberalism. . 12 Utopianism. . 12 Functionalism . . 12 Elites . . 13 Marxism . . 13 Pluralist . . 14 The Power Elite . . 15 Processes of decision making. . 15 Bureaucratic. . 16 Cognitive . . 16 Civil-Military relations. (CMR) . . 16 Military-Industrial Complex. (MIC). . 18 Merchants of death. . 20 Production. . 21 National Security . . 22 Defence-Industrial Base. (DIB). . 23 Defence Economics . . 24 Strategy and tactics of Air power . . 25 Evaluation . . 26 Chapter Two: Power. . 28 Introduction. . 28 MIC and DIB . . 29 Military Industrial Complex . . 30 Defence Industrial Base . . 30 Power.. . 32 Coercion, authority and legitimacy. . 33 Sources of power and authority. . 36 Power bearers . . 39 Between Marx and elites.. . 40 Chapter Three: Concept Phase.. . 42 Introduction. . 42 Phase and project concept orientation.. . 43 Governmental functional responsibilities. . 44 Policy formulation. . 48 Standardisation, rationalisation and collaboration. . 51 Exports and standardisation . . 52 Operational standardisation and standardisation of equipment. . 54 Standardisation and interdependence . . 55 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Equipment standardisation and international environment. . 57 Standardisation and rationalisation . . 59 Coincidental events - international system. . 62 Collaboration . . 67 The structure of government.. . 68 Origins of equipment collaboration in Interdependence. . 70 Interdependence and collaborative equipment production . . 72 Industrial rationalisation. . 77 Civil initiative and reaction . . 79 Military initiative and reaction. . 81 Chapter Four: Direction. . 83 Introduction. . 83 Tactical strike and reconnaissance requirement. . 85 Procurement policy procedure. . 86 Civil servants and procurement policy: Gibb- Zuckerman. . 87 Defence policy priorities: General Operational Requirement No.339 (GOR.339) . . 89 Procurement and defence policy: GOR339, the RAF and the RN.. . 92 Procurement and foreign policy: OR339 and Australia . 95 Procurement policy and defence policy.. . 96 Procurement and industrial policy: standardisation. . 97 Defence policy and Industrial policy: Structural rationalisation. . 98 Economic policy and Industrial Policy: rationalisation. . 100 Industry and government: organisational structural relations. . 103 Defence policy and industrial policy . . 106 Commercial aviation procurement and industrial policy . . 109 Military aviation procurement and industrial policy . 110 Government and industry: structural rationalisation . 114 Foreign Policy and industrial policy: International collaboration. . 117 Foreign, defence, economic and procurement policy . . 125 Chapter Five: Maturation . . 129 Introduction. . 129 Results . . 130 Governmental restructuring of the allocation of authority. . 131 Foreign, defence, economic and procurement policy and the TSR2 . . 134 Foreign Policy, economic policy and aviation and the Concorde . . 135 Concorde or Albatross . . 137 Defence, foreign and procurement policy.. . 139 Foreign, economic and procurement.. . 142 Defence and procurement policy . . 144 Economic and procurement policy . . 146 Foreign, economic, industrial, and procurement policy . . 147 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Foreign, economic defence and procurement policy. . 148 International bi-lateral collaboration. . 151 International multi-lateral collaboration.. . 154 Foreign policy and civil aviation . . 156 Structural rationalisation. . 158 Consequences. . 163 Introduction. . 163 Consequences. . 163 Military. . 164 Industry . . 164 Contentions of power. . 167 The Consequences on MIC and DIB . . 171 Aviation sector . . 171 Book Conclusion. . 174 Endnotes . . 175