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The UK Defence Industry in the 21 Century
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The Five Forces of Americanisation

Treasury, Export Finance, MoD, FCDO, Business & Trade, Science & Technology, Justice and
Home Office), with this doctrine, it would sustain and enhance the UK’s indigenous defence
capabilities, thereby increasing overseas trade and influence abroad, not least in the task of
rebuilding Ukraine.

British Army assists Belize in disaster relief in the wake of hurricane Eta
Source: UK Ministry of Defence

Notes
1. "while the Government attach[es] the highest importance to making progress in the field of arms control
and disarmament, we must also take what practical steps we can to ensure that this country does not fail
to secure its rightful share of this valuable commercial market."
(Denis Healey, Secretary of State for Defence, informing Parliament on January, 1966 of the formation of
the Defence Sales Organisation (“DESO”)
2. “BAE Systems, Inc. is a Delaware corporation that has mitigated our foreign ownership through a Special
Security Agreement between the U.S. Government, BAE Systems, Inc. and BAE Systems plc. That agreement
calls for the appointment of outside directors who, in conjunction with other U.S. based board members,
comprise a Government Security Committee. The Government Security Committee has the responsibility
for overseeing the company’s compliance with U.S. Government Security and Export regulations, and meets
regularly with U.S. Government oversight agencies to provide feedback on that compliance. Our long history
of successful compliance with the SSA allows BAE Systems to supply products and services to the
Department of Defense, Intelligence Community and Homeland Security on some of the Nation’s most
sensitive programs.”
(Source: BAE Systems PLC website)
3. The US Department of Defense “continues to assess, on its merits, each M&A transaction that could impact
the DIB, analyzing the effect on “national security, the industrial and technological base, innovation, or any
other potential issue including a recommendation to the lead antitrust agency for that transaction. If the

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