The UK Government’s approach to procuring warships has shifted in recent years, and it is no longer the default position that warships will be designed and built fully in the UK, which was of concern to some in the Scottish military shipbuilding sector.

The UK Government’s approach to procuring warships has shifted in recent years, and it is no longer the default position that warships will be designed and built fully in the UK, which was of concern to some in the Scottish military shipbuilding sector. Type: conclusion | Number: 1 | Paragraph: 17 | Response status: under_consideration Government response: 1: The MOD disagrees with the Committee’s first conclusion. The Defence and Security Industrial Strategy (DSIS) moved the MOD away from the policy of ‘global competition by default’ and set out that the procurement approach for each class of ship would be determined on a case-by-case basis, includin