We support the Ministry of Defence’s initiative to develop a Land Industrial Strategy. The LIS should place the land sector on an equal footing with the Air and Maritime sectors, providing industry with certainty for the coming decades and ensuring the Army has access to the technical and manufacturing base that will facilitate the development of new technologies as armoured warfare capabilities evolve. The Strategy should also make clear sustaining capability relies on co-operation with allies.

We support the Ministry of Defence’s initiative to develop a Land Industrial Strategy. The LIS should place the land sector on an equal footing with the Air and Maritime sectors, providing industry with certainty for the coming decades and ensuring the Army has access to the technical and manufacturing base that will facilitate the development of new technologies as armoured warfare capabilities evolve. The Strategy should also make clear sustaining capability relies on co-operation with allies. Type: conclusion | Number: 26 | Paragraph: 103 | Response status: under_consideration Government response: The Department will develop and introduce a Land Industrial Strategy and absolutely sees the benefits of doing so, noting the positive expenditure on the Maritime and Air domains. The new Defence and Security Industrial Strategy acknowledges that the ability to generate technologically advanced land