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Companies on both sides of the Atlantic have been forced to increase their participation in, and support for, the global defence market. As a result, defence industries have looked to increase partnering opportunities with their opposite numbers around the world, although challenges remain. Indeed, although the US still has a total national defence budget that is twice as large as the rest of NATO put together (in 2007, US$625.9 billion compared to $311 billion), even Washington is finding it increasingly difficult to adequately fund all its modernization programs. For example, the US cancelled the RAH-66 Comanche helicoptor program in 2004 and had reduced the planned number of F-22 Raptor air-superiority fighters from the original requirement of 750 to 381 by November 2008. In this increasingly austere environment, with governments and companies looking to increase cooperation and collaboration, the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program came into being -- a program that now has three export customers, eight partner countries, and international defence industrial participation. This article looks at the UK's involvement in what is now a multi-service, multinational defence program, examining the problems the UK has encountered -- including the difficulties in predicting the program's costs and time schedule -- the risks in recent UK MoD decisions, and the policy options and problems facing the UK, if it wants to remain one of the main partners in the JSF program. Adapted from the source document.

Proceedings Paper (for Acquisition Research Program) ; The panel discussion will address four critical defence acquisition issues and programmes which illustrate the innovative approaches the United Kingdom is undertaking in this area. All four cases will echo the challenges facing the US and other countries and provide valuable "lessons learned" in a number of key areas. The first topic is the UK decision to acquire C-17 transports, which provides a good example of the benefits of capability management. The second topic is the UK implementation of a defence industrial strategy which demonstrates a concerted effort to identify those national defence capabilities that must be maintained, and those more efficiently addressed by foreign acquisition and/or cooperation. The third topic is the UK assessment of European defence cooperation, including the difficulties with such efforts and the impact of the controversial "re-evaluation" of the contract for the next generation of aerial tankers. The final topic is the UK experience with the Joint Strike Fighter program, in which the UK is the largest non-US participant, and which holds major implications on future military cooperation with the US Ultimately, the UK experiences show the benefits of more research on international efforts to identify best practices in acquisition management. ; Naval Postgraduate School Acquisition Research Program ; Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.

Proceedings Paper (for Acquisition Research Program) ; The paper and discussion address the international impact of US export control and technology transfer regulations. They highlight the current importance of this issue for the United Kingdom and outline an NPS-Cranfield University research project in this area. The focus will be on the experience of the UK with these US requirements in connection with the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program. This is relevant as the dispute regarding JSF source code access for the UK, resolved in 2006 at the President/Prime Minister level, was re-opened by the US in late 2009.This is a key topic due to the White House announcement in August 2009 of an initiative to change the US export control regime. And it is a timely issue for the UK, as it prepares to conduct a Strategic Defence Review, including a review of international acquisition relationships. The UK perception of its relationship with the US and the benefits of participation in US-led multinational projects will be influenced by its JSF experience. And the UK provides a unique perspective on the impact of US export control and technology transfer regulations, an issue of significance to those interested in multinational military cooperation with the US. ; Naval Postgraduate School Acquisition Research Program ; Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.

Vucetic, S. ; Nossal, K.R.: The international politics of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. - S. 3-12