REsource Notes: Defence and Security
2011
Monitoring and Evaluation in Stabilisation Interventions: Rationale, challenges and principles of effective monitoring and evaluation — 2011
Reviews the state of the art in monitoring and evaluation of stabilisation operations and suggests ways forward.
2010
Security at what cost? Quantifying trade-offs across liberty, privacy and security — 2010
RAND Europe undertook an internally funded, innovative discrete choice experiment to understand the real privacy and security trade-offs individuals are willing to make in order to inform policymakers about citizens' true preferences in this domain.
Sustaining Key Skills in the United Kingdom's Military Aircraft Industry — 2011
The UK currently has the industrial skills needed to develop, produce and maintain its military aircraft, but predicted future demand for design engineering activity is insufficient to sustain a number of key skills beyond the 2010-2019 decade.
2008
Remuneration and its motivation of UK military personnel — 2008
RAND was commissioned to study the attitudes of military personnel towards their remuneration package in order to highlight and determine the extent to which it motivates them to join and stay in the Armed Forces.
Sustaining Key Skills in the UK Naval Industry — 2008
To preserve its ability to design, build, and support complex warships and submarines, the UK's Ministry of Defence (MOD) will need to preserve and sustain several key technical skills in the maritime domain. In particular, it will need detailed designers and professional engineers for various stages of surface ship and submarine acquisition and support. Although the MOD has taken into account the requirement for these skills, its future maritime programme is likely to have to undergo modification or be augmented in order to sustain these technical skills in the long term.
2007
Naval shipbuilding in the United Kingdom: RAND Europe research summary — 2007
RAND Europe researchers were commissioned by the UK Ministry of Defence to examine many key aspects of the UK's future naval shipbuilding programme. This research brief highlights research findings and provides concise summaries of each study.
2005
Building Ships On Time: How Can the Defence Procurement Agency More Accurately Monitor Progress? — 2005
UK military shipbuilding experiences considerable schedule slippage. To assess the reasons for this and means to improve it, RAND researchers surveyed major shipbuilders, reviewed relevant literature, and identified the primary causes of production d...
Can the United Kingdom Rebuild Its Naval Fleet? Challenges and Opportunities for the UK Shipbuilding Industrial Base, 2005-2020 — 2005
The United Kingdom faces numerous challenges in producing warships from now through 2020, including developing a sufficiently sized and skilled workforce, updating facilities, and maintaining viable producers. To address these challenges, the UK Mini...
Commercial Shipbuilding Techniques: Can They Be Applied to Warship Production in the United Kingdom? — 2005
The United Kingdom faces numerous challenges in producing warships from now through 2020, including developing a sufficiently sized and skilled workforce, updating facilities, and maintaining viable producers. To address these challenges, the UK Mini...
