ID | 121240 |
Title Proper | UK and the joint strike fighter |
Other Title Information | the trials and tribulations of international collaborative procurement |
Language | ENG |
Author | Antill, Peter D ; Ito, Pete |
Publication | 2013. |
Summary / Abstract (Note) | The 20 years since the end of the Cold War have seen a radical shift in the nature of the defence industrial sector, with a rationalization of the number of companies involved. While something similar happened in the civilian aerospace market, which has become dominated by two giant rivals-the United States-based Boeing Corporation and the European consortium of Airbus-it occurred over a much shorter timescale. For example, in the US defence market Boeing merged with McDonnell Douglas in August 1997; Lockheed and Martin Marietta merged in March 1995; while Northrop Aircraft acquired Grumman Aerospace in April 1994.1 Today the defence market is increasingly dominated by a smaller number of large multinational companies that have global interests, such as Boeing, Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, EADS, Thales, and BAE Systems. In conjunction with this slow but steady rationalization, most western countries since the end of the Cold War have sought some form of "peace dividend" and diverted resources from defence to other areas of public expenditure.2 For example, the United Kingdom's defence expenditure dropped as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) from 4.6 percent in 1987 to 2.56 percent in 2010. This drop mirrored much of what was happening in the rest of NATO, with the average defence expenditure falling from 1.93 percent in 2001 to 1.58 percent in 2010.3 |
`In' analytical Note | International Journal Vol. 68, No.1; Winter 2013: p.13-29 |
Journal Source | International Journal Vol. 68, No.1; Winter 2013: p.13-29 |
Key Words | Cold War ; Defence Industrial Sector ; Rationalization ; United States ; European Consortium of Airbus ; US Defence Market ; United Kingdom ; Boeing ; Defence Expenditure ; NATO |