Enhancement of National Collaboration Between Defence Establishment and Industry by Systems Approach

Abstract

The objective of this paper is to discuss current challenges of specific collaboration mechanisms between the defence establishment and national defence industry and to present a holistic, conceptual co-operation model of systems approach, based on discussion to enhance that cooperation. This survey focuses mainly on problems that are related to defence technology and industrial strategies. A special emphasis is placed on collaboration activities and mechanisms between the above mentioned partners; technology programmes, industrial participation, defence centres of excellence and immaterial property rights to reveal collaboration dilemmas from various aspects. The conceptual model of systems approach pursues to manage cooperation activities and mechanisms comprehensively and so fulfil expectations placed for the collaboration both by the defence establishment and the industry. Applicability and value of the model is verified by risk analysis. The paper has a Finnish focus and it delineates the challenges identified with Finnish examples. However, the model that it represents is of universal application, especially for countries that do not have a comprehensive defence industry but import the major part of their materiel from abroad.

Capability development in hybrid organizations: enhancing military logistics with additive manufacturing

“…The initial concept is finally reviewed with the help of a SWOT-analysis. Key aspects of implementing AM to a hybrid organization of FDF and Millog Oy are synthesized to act as an enabling tool for the possible future iterations of capability development and acquisition processes [24] (Fig. 1)…”

“…The introduction of the concept model in the development of military capabilities is a result of change drivers and needs of different stakeholders. For example, national security, the nature of the tasks, the rapid development of technology and information technology, partnerships, and national and global cooperation are change drivers with different stakeholders [24,30]. In a corporate context, the change drivers have usually been linked into the business development process or separate business cases [31], which can be seen as a corporate equivalent of military concepts.…”

“…The changes in the world's security environment shape the doctrinal level of requirements for the world's armed forces. This "big picture" or Capability Framework [24] is mainly influenced through bilateral relationships of nations, military alliances such as NATO, and major incidents such as armed conflicts. Within Finnish Government ministries and agencies and their national Capability Framework, there has been a trend to outsource certain non-critical elements of their capabilities to produce agility in value chains by focusing their resources on their core capabilities [18].…”

“…To uniquely understand the process of capability development and individual steps within it, several models have been created to achieve this. The most established ones in military capability development are the DOTMLPFI (USA), FIC (Australia), and systems capability model (UK) [24]. In recent studies, these and other capability models are applied to produce Capability Frameworks.…”

“…Since it is a common practice in the military but not in the commercial organizations to engage in a structured capability development process [24,25], it serves a purpose to examine a case where a new capability is required or considered and joint resources from both organizations to make it happen are required. The aim of this study is to determine if the capability development process used commonly in the military context can be used in a system where both military and commercial operating logics co-exist, and more specifically, in a situation where the initiator for the new or changed capability requirement is military performance.…”