Title page
Contents
FOREWORD 3
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 5
LIS INTENT 5
WAYS OF WORKING & ACTIONS 5
1. LAND INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY: CONTEXT & APPROACH 8
FUTURE THREATS & THE CAPABILITY RESPONSE 8
UK LAND INDUSTRY: PAST & PRESENT 8
THE LIS VISION & OBJECTIVES 9
2. MODERNISING LAND CAPABILITIES IN THE INFORMATION AGE 11
ARMY MODERNISATION PRIORITIES 11
MODERNISATION: RATIONALISING THE FLEET 15
MODERNISATION: OPEN DIGITAL ARCHITECTURES & MISSION SYSTEMS 15
MODERNISATION: DRIVING COMMONALITY THROUGH CATEGORY MANAGEMENT 15
MODERNISATION: AN AGILE APPROACH TO THROUGH-LIFE CAPABILITY UPGRADES & SUPPORT 17
MANAGING MODERNISATION 17
3. CHARTING A COURSE TO THE NEXT GENERATION OF LAND SYSTEMS 20
INCREASING INVESTMENT IN 'GAME CHANGING' TECHNOLOGIES 20
SUPERCHARGING INNOVATION, RESEARCH AND EXPERIMENTATION 21
IMPROVING PULL THROUGH AND TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANTAGE 22
4. SECURING ACCESS TO THE CRITICAL INDUSTRIAL SKILLS AND CAPABILITIES WE NEED 26
A STRATEGIC APPROACH TO VALUE 26
A PORTFOLIO APPROACH TO SUSTAINING INDUSTRIAL CAPABILITIES 27
SECURING OPERATIONAL INDEPENDENCE 27
LONG-TERM SKILLS PARTNERSHIPS TO DEVELOP UK TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANTAGE 29
INCREASED FOCUS ON ENHANCING UK SOCIAL VALUE 29
A COLLABORATIVE APPROACH TO CULTURE, BEHAVIOURS & COMMUNICATION 30
5. INCREASING INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION AND EXPORTS 32
INCREASING INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION 32
INCREASING EXPORTS 33
6. PLANNING FOR SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION 35
CONFIDENCE BUILDING MEASURES 35
Table 1. Land Investment Landscape 13
Table 2. Summary of elements of operational independence in the Land Domain 28
Table 3. Summary of initial Confidence Building Measures relating to LIS implementation 35
Figure 1. Land Investment Landscape 12
Figure 2. Illustration of the MERCURY concept, showing iterative investment in mission system technologies. This will be further developed with industry and academia 23
Figure 3. Elements of the Land Industrial Strategy Objectives Framework (LISOF) 26