Sustaining the UK's Defence Efforts

Résumé du livre

Flexible and adaptable armed forces that can be used for different sorts of missions are an essential component of a modern nation-state's foreign, security and defence policy, reflecting its capability to act in the international system. The UK needs rapidly deployable forces that can be sustained beyond national boundaries and potentially worldwide. In this context, contractor support to operations (CSO) has become an essential component of the ability to both deploy and sustain the UK's military instrument. It is therefore crucial to assess the key drivers of the interactions between the demand and supply side of the CSO market, that is, the public and private sectors, respectively. This report focuses on private companies that are contracted by the UK government to provide non-offensive, in-theatre commercial services for deployed operations in the field of equipment support, people support, and static and mobile protection/guarding.