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UK Air Power and the Defence Aerospace
Industry in the Whole Force era
Air Marshal Sir Baz North KCB OBE MA FRAeS RAF
Deputy Commander Capability and Air Member for Personnel
& Capability, Royal Air Force
The Sir Sydney Camm Lecture 2015
Royal Aeronautical Society, 8th June
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Prosperity
Big numbers…UK defence industry’s value to the economy
Source: Delivering Growth: Implementing the strategic vision for the UK Defence Sector 2014
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Three key questions
• Where are we now and where are we going?
• What are the challenges that we must overcome?
• How might we do that?
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Air power…an inherently time-compressed business
79 years
97 years
12 years
22 years
27 years First aircraft flight ...
to...first jet engine patent
First jet aircraft flight...
to...first space flight
First supersonic flight...
to...first hypersonic flight
First bolt action ...to... first semi-automatic rifle
Evolution
1903 1949 1961 1939 1930
1815 1912
1937 1858
First steam-powered warship...
to... first diesel-powered ship
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Afghanistan
UK air power…making a Theatre-wide, Campaign contribution
UK air power – one core role over a 6 month period (source: AWC)
250,000 sq miles: comparable with France or Texas
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Recapitalisation
New, upgraded, expanded and in-development fleets
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Approach
Source: RAF Command Plan 2014
Air power & Industry…a unique opportunity to lead the way
People: ‘a Whole Force…acting together as one.’
Output: ‘working alongside industry & researchers to enhance capability and support exports.’
Equipment: ‘all capabilities relevant to the future operating environment.’
Reputation: ‘value for money.’
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Returning to contingency?
UK air power will need to ‘transition in contact’ towards FF2020
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National challenges
UK air power & Industry have a key delivery role
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Defence’s challenges
Implications for Defence: due 2015 Strategic context: June 2014
‘Greater complexity, diversity and uncertainty…’
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UK engineering
Whether STEM or STEAM, the UK’s skills shortage is acute
Source: Engineering UK 2015 -
The state of engineering
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Defence Growth Partnership (DGP)
‘A strategic partnership…to secure the future of the UK aerospace industry
for the next 20 years and beyond.’
2010
2013
2014
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Defence Growth Partnership (DGP)
‘Up and running but strategic patience will be required …’
Farnborough
Solent
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Players
‘Can be entirely complementary – not competing – entities.’
Industry-facing, export-led focus
with government supporting MOD-facing, UK capability focus
with industry-supporting
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Team Complex Weapons
‘…commonality, modularity and re-use to give better value for money’
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Air-ISTAR Optimisation Study
‘There are a number of technologies which will mature around 2025 that
could provide more flexible force mix options…’ HOC DC : letter from SoS Defence to Chair (Jul 2014)
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Space
‘Imagination, creativity and innovation await us.’
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Synthetics
‘An opportunity to redefine the global standard in air power training.’
Live: real people in real world platforms
Virtual: real people in simulated platforms
Constructive: computer generated forces
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Sir Sydney Camm (1893-1966)
Would he have recognised our challenge? Approved?
Rt Hon David Willetts MP
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UK Air Power and the Defence Aerospace
Industry in the Whole Force era
Air Marshal Sir Baz North KCB OBE MA FRAeS RAF
Deputy Commander Capability and Air Member for Personnel
& Capability, Royal Air Force
The Sir Sydney Camm Lecture 2015
Royal Aeronautical Society, 8th June