Presentation by QinetiQ Australia General Manager Land & Maritime George McGuire at the Australian Naval Institute's Goldrick Seminar on 3 December 2015.

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Defence Industry – Plus some thoughts …
George McGuire, CSC
General Manager Land & Maritime
QinetiQ Australia

2. Two Quotes
“The society that separates its scholars from its
warriors will have its thinking done by cowards and
its fighting by fools.”
Thucydides (460-395BC)
History of the Peloponnesian War
“…those who govern ought not to be lovers of the
task? For, if they are, there will be rival lovers, and
they will fight.”
Plato (427-348BC?)
The Republic
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3. My Bucket List Extract
Number 37
Use quotes from some very old dead men at a major seminar in
the presence of Rear Admiral James Goldrick (the man of many
historical quotes – some of which I never understood!)
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4. Defence Industry – Searching for the Right Balance
Industry Policy
“Of course the national defence landscape is littered with defence industry statements
heavy laden with declarations of noble vision and ambitious intent. They arrive with a
flourish of drums and trumpets while ethereal choirs sing their praises and promise a
new Jerusalem for Defence industry.”
Geoffrey Barker, AFR, 25 Nov 2015
Probity & Competition – easy to hide behind, hard to generate
value for money outcomes when falsely worshipped/interpreted:
“We have had significant evidence from industry and other commentators that the
current reliance on a ‘one size fits all’ competition policy and the use of complex
procurement contracts does not produce the best results from domestic and
international industry. It also adds significant cost and time for all participants and
encourages unrealistic costing to be included in the decision-making process.”
First Principles Review – Page 36
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5. Defence Industry – A Fundamental Input to Capability?
• Industry Supports Defence and should not be considered a FIC
in its own right
• Today every FIC is already supported by Industry
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Defence Industry
Personnel
Organisation
Collective
Training
Major
Systems
Supplies
Facilities&
TrainingAreas
Support
Commandand
Management
Defence Capability

6. QinetiQ UK – Essential ‘Above the Line’ Capabilities in Industry
QinetiQ maintains conducts nationally significant tasks for MoD
and Industry and the capability underpinned by true partnering
contracts such as:
•Long Term Partnership Agreement (LPTA) – 25 years from 2001
•Maritime Strategic Capabilities Agreement (MSCA) – 15 years from 2008
•Materials And Structures Capability (MAST) – 3 years from 2013
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QinetiQPre-Agency
UK Government Owned Commercial Company
1940s 1991 2001
DRA/DERA The Agency Years

7. Operating ‘Across’ the Line: A mature UK Enterprise View
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QinetiQ & Type 26 Global Combat Ship – Specialist
Technical Service for MoD and BAE

8. Continuous Shipbuilding – Capability Outcome Debate is Needed
“The debate is not on whether the Navy is to be rebuilt and expanded. Rather it is now on
‘how’ we achieve the recapitalisation of Navy.”
Chief of Navy, VADM Tim Barrett, AO, CSC – ASPI 25 Nov 2015
James Goldrick’s notion of that we are on the verge creating a 5th Generation Navy
endorsed by CN Barrett at ASPI
What should the future surface combatant force operational concept be?
•4 x Task Groups of 4 ships: 2 ASW biased (dual hangar), & 2 AAW biased (BMD?) per TG
and 3 replenishment ships to support them
• “the Admiralty had demanded six ships; the economists offered four; and we
finally settled on eight” Winston Churchill
• SM6 and increased Wedgetail AEW&C force with Cooperative Engagement Capability as
Task Groups will operate well outside JSF range in many instances
What About Manning? Change the paradigm – The present system is broken.
• Give seagoing personnel their time back. Learn from Merchant Marine, FIFO workers.
After 50 days away 0.75 days leave per day at sea?
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9. Reflecting on the 1914 Royal Navy
“We had competent administrators, brilliant
experts of every description, unequalled
navigators, good disciplinarians, fine sea officers,
brave and devoted hearts; but at the outset of the
conflict we had more captains of ships than
captains of war.”
Winston Churchill, 1918
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10. © Copyright QinetiQ Limited 2015 QinetiQ Proprietary
Questions?
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11. A National Enterprise – Industry work jointly in Govt Framework
QinetiQ Managed UK Weapons Science and Technology Centre
•Research and Testing to support procurement
•76 partners
•Delivering innovation
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