Defence procurement and domestic industry: The Australian experience

Peter Hall, Stefan Markowski and Douglas Thomson

Defence and Peace Economics, 1998, vol. 9, issue 1-2, 137-165

Abstract: Australia has been something of a laboratory for policy experiment aimed at developing and maintaining defence-related industry capability at an acceptable social cost. The issues that successive governments have aimed to address under the heading of 'defence self-reliance' include: public vs. private ownership; competition vs. restricted or sole sourcing; local content requirements; efficient contracting; procurement organisation; market penetration by multinational arms suppliers; technology transfer vs. indigenous R&D; offsets and countertrade; export facilitation; and the market testing of logistic support services. This paper presents and assesses the Australian experience and provides an overview of defence industry and procurement issues in the broader context of the Australian strategic policy of military self-reliance.

Keywords: Defence procurement; Industry preparedness; Self-reliance; Industry policy; Competition; Contracting (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1998
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