On the 70th Anniversary of the most successful military and political alliance in history DefenceSynergia (DS) takes this moment to honour the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) by reproducing the Founding Charter as amended in 2009 to include reference to those Nations that joined after 1949. It is the DS position in all its submissions Continue reading
DefenceSynergia has noted that MOD officials, possibly not the NAO, are confident that the Dreadnought (Successor) Programme is on budget. Reading the MOD report one cannot but be mesmerised by some of the slick wording…“In Summer 2017, the Department completed a baseline review of the submarine portfolio that confirmed the programme remains within its estimated Continue reading
The oral evidence provided on the 5th of December to the House of Commons Defence Committee (HCDC) inquiry into UK Amphibious Warfare capability can be accessed here. http://www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/71a68c0d-db9f-4af0-a27b-928dd5831271 The evidence of Maj Gen Julian Thompson and Lt Gen Sir Robert Fry echoed much of the written evidence that DefenceSynergia (DS) is submitting to the Continue reading
DS has been pleased to provide evidence to the House of Commons Defence Committee inquiry into Defence Acquisition HERE
DS was saddened to learn of the death of Captain Eric Melrose Brown CBE, OBE, MBE, DSC, AFC, KCVCSA, MA, PhD, HON FRAeS, RN. Captain Brown will always be remembered as a legendary British Aviator who extended the bounds of naval aviation worldwide. Despite his advancing years and increasing public fame he graciously found time Continue reading