The Nimrod Review - Official Documents

The Nimrod Review
Conclusion
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The history of the Nimrod MRA4 programme (set out above) is a paradigm example of the fundamental
procurement problems which the Bernard Gray Report seeks to address.
14.31 The ‘Strategic Goal’ of 20% savings in output costs imposed on the DLO in 2000 (see Chapter 13), is a
paradigm example of the damaging knock-on effect that a ‘bow wave’ of deferred acquisition expenditure
can have on In-Service Support.
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I understand that, despite the Rt Hon. John Hutton’s clear statement immediately prior to his resignation,
Bernard Gray’s Report has still not yet been published. 24 As the Rt Hon. John Hutton was at pains to emphasise,
however, the problem is urgent. If the problems identified by Bernard Gray are not addressed, in my view, it
is inevitable that there will be further casualties of the financial pressures within the system.