{"id":20613,"date":"2018-02-21T19:48:14","date_gmt":"2018-02-21T19:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2018\/02\/21\/uk-to-create-strategy-for-long-term-air-power\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T21:50:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T21:50:13","slug":"uk-to-create-strategy-for-long-term-air-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/global\/europe\/2018\/02\/21\/uk-to-create-strategy-for-long-term-air-power\/","title":{"rendered":"UK to create strategy for long-term air power"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">LONDON \u2014 Britain is to map out an industrial strategy to maintain long-term combat air capabilities, Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson told the parliamentary Defence Committee during a hearing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe strategy will examine the operational capability needed in the future and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/industry\/2017\/10\/10\/bae-systems-to-cut-uk-jobs-slow-final-assembly-rates\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" style=\"\" target=\"_blank\">skills and resource required<\/a> to deliver it. The work will take new and emerging technology into account, as well as export potential, whilst testing British industry\u2019s ability to deliver our future requirements. It is expected to be launched in the summer,\u201d the Ministry of Defence said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Williamson told lawmakers that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/europe\/2018\/01\/10\/britain-hires-new-defense-procurement-chief-as-budget-woes-linger\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" style=\"\" target=\"_blank\">Defence Procurement Minister Guto Bebb<\/a> was meeting BAE Systems executives on Feb. 21 to discuss the strategy initiative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe want to use this as an opportunity for some of our world beaters, whether it be BAE, Rolls-Royce and others, to have a real say in how we develop the strategy going forward. We want to build a close collaboration with industry to ensure we have the [right] technology,\u201d Williamson said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe strategy will set out the U.K.\u2019s future requirements in this important area and seek to secure an enduring and strategic relationship with U.K. industry,\u201d the defense secretary told the committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That was a view endorsed by Paul Everitt, the head of ADS, the British defense and aerospace lobby organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/global\/europe\/2018\/02\/01\/auditors-say-britain-cant-afford-its-10-year-defense-equipment-plan\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Venator-110-Export_1-c-BMT-Defence-Services-2016.png.png?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Auditors say Britain can\u2019t afford its 10-year defense equipment plan<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The funding gap for the plan is anywhere between \u00a34.9 billion and \u00a320.8 billion, or as much as U.S. $29.52 billion, according to the National Audit Office.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe announcement signals the vital need for industry and government to work together to ensure the U.K. remains a world-leading military air power and a highly competitive and capable option in the export market,\u201d Everitt said. \u201cThe strategic threats faced by the U.K. and its international partners and allies require long-term thinking and close collaboration between industry and government.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1123\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_060208023642.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-43812\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_060208023642.jpg.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_060208023642.jpg.jpg?resize=300,187 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_060208023642.jpg.jpg?resize=768,479 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_060208023642.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,639 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_060208023642.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,958 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Britain&#8217;s Prince Charles sits in the cockpit of a Eurofighter Typhoon during a tour of BAE Systems&#8217; Warton Aerodrome in Preston, England. (Bruce Adams\/AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The decision on whether to launch an air-combat industry strategy was given <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/industry\/2017\/10\/26\/bae-cuts-could-light-a-fire-under-britains-combat-air-strategy\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">renewed urgency last year after BAE<\/a> announced big job losses in its military air sector in the face of declining work on the Typhoon fighter and Hawk trainer jet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The decision to roll out an air-combat strategy follows on the heels of a similar move by the government last year in adopting a road map for the future of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/digital-show-dailies\/dsei\/2017\/09\/12\/the-royal-navy-may-have-to-trim-platforms-to-afford-tech-surge\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">naval shipbuilding<\/a> sector. Defense industrial policy was also updated last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The decisions made in the air-combat strategy will be fundamental in determining the future of Britain\u2019s industry, according to Doug Barrie, the senior air analyst at the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies think tank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe outcome will be crucial in deciding whether U.K. remains in the combat-air business at the industrial level beyond building <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2018\/02\/15\/uk-submits-bid-for-belgium-fighter-competition-pitting-typhoon-against-f-35\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" style=\"\" target=\"_blank\">the Eurofighter Typhoon and eventually the F-35<\/a>, in which it is a major industrial contributor,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Barrie said the British face two main challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe first challenge is finding the money. The second is trying to cast a national strategy against a background where the U.K. has to develop a next-generation combat aircraft in an international partnership,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIs it going to do this in collaboration with the French-German-led initiative to build a new European fighter, which is now being discussed in Paris and Berlin? It might be difficult to see where the British fit in on that program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAlternatively, do they look to craft a collaborative program with partners looking to break into the fighter market? For example, Turkey, with whom they are already aligned on a fifth-generation program.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Britain is already collaborating with France on building a unmanned air-combat vehicle demonstrator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Barrie said the third option could be a reprise of a deal similar to Britain\u2019s involvement with the U.S. in F-35 development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe challenge from a trans-Atlantic perspective might be reconciling the diverging needs of the type of aircraft both sides might be looking for. With China pacing the threat in many ways, the U.S. could look for an aircraft that has very low observability, is quite large with a big internal weapons carriage capability and [is] long range. 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