DefenceTalkBEIJING: The Central Military Commission (CMC) has released a guideline on deepening national defense and military reform, about a month after CMC Chairman Xi Jinping called on a military administration and command system overhaul at a key meeting. According to the guideline, a new structure will be established in which the CMC takes charge of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-releases-guideline-on-military-reform-66234/

DefenceTalkNavy of Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLAN): establish multi-platform landing equipment system BEIJING: The Navy of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLAN) will establish multi-platform landing equipment systems in 2014, reporters learnt from the Armaments Department of the PLAN in early spring. Previously, the PLAN troops have reaped many results in promoting the development of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/highlights-of-pla-equipment-reform-in-2014-58772/

DefenceTalkThe House Armed Services Committee (HASC) held a hearing this week titled “Twenty Five Years of Acquisition Reform: Where Do We Go from Here?” If the past is prologue, the answer to the Committee’s question would have to be nowhere. The reason for this is that the system is fundamentally broken. Reform at the margins […]https://www.defencetalk.com/25-years-of-acquisition-reform-with-little-to-show-for-all-the-effort-49556/

DefenceTalkThe final assessment phase in a program that could lead to the overhaul of MOD’s equipment and support management commences today. Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) is the organization that buys and supports all of the equipment used by the UK’s Armed Forces. A core element of the Transforming Defence program is reforming the acquisition […]https://www.defencetalk.com/uk-mod-moves-closer-to-defence-acquisition-reform-47606/