Defence Industrial Strategy

The Defence Industrial Strategy (DIS) was launched in December 2005. It emerged as a result of recognition that developments in the defence environment - operations and technology - required changes in the way that MOD approached acquisition in order to ensure that the UK Armed Forces continue to have the right equipment.

The DIS seeks to ensure that the capability requirements of the Armed Forces can be met now and in the future by giving industry a clearer idea of MOD priorities; allowing them to make informed decisions on restructuring. It also sought to promote a sustainable defence industrial base that maintains in the UK those industrial capabilities needed to ensure national security.

The DIS provided a:

  • Strategic overview of the defence and security environments;
  • Reviewed specific industrial sectors to
    • assess future military requirements
    • analyse the industrial capacity needed to meet those requirements
    • identify the need for industry restructuring
    • set out how MOD and industry needed to change to implement the DIS.