Search Results - subject_exact:"Military contract"

"Explaining the persistence of defense offsets in a supply-driven arms trade"

Anicetti, Jonata - 2026

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Leading in spending, lagging in innovation : German defence procurement compared to the UK and Poland

Wolff, Guntram B.; Binder, Johannes; Morgan, Thomas - 2026

• This report is built on an update of the Kiel Military Procurement Tracker, covering the UK, Poland and Germany up to January 2026. We show that orders have grown rapidly in frequency, size and number since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. In 2025, German military...

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Defence innovation and procurement reform : an empirical evaluation of the US Defense Innovation Unit

Kapstein, Ethan B.; Ospital, Javier; Wolff, Guntram B. - 2026

Battlefields are evolving rapidly, with new technologies reshaping military strategy and tactics. Many of the new technologies originate in firms outside the traditional defence sector, rather than with the existing prime contractors. In the United States, the Department of Defense (DoD) created...

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Reforming European defence procurement to boost military innovation and startups

Kapstein, Ethan B.; Ospital, Javier; Wolff, Guntram B. - 2026

The war in Ukraine has demonstrated how battlefields are evolving rapidly, with new technologies shaping military strategy and tactics. Increasingly, these new technologies are being provided by startup firms, rather than by established contractors. To incorporate these new firms into the...

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Fit for war by 2030? : European rearmament efforts vis-à-vis Russia

Burilkov, Alexandr; Bushnell, Katelyn; Mejino-López, Juan - 2026

This research article presents new data on military procurement in Germany, the United Kingdom (UK), Poland, and France, and uses these data to analyse procurement patterns, delivery timelines, and force-generation constraints against the background of a deteriorating security situation and...

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Beyond procurement : Europe's pursuit of defense autonomy

Rasmussen, Mikkel - 2025

Operational autonomy should be achieved through developing integrated command systems, rather than simply procuring weapons: great powers direct operations. Direct deterrence must be achieved through investments in conventional forces, which can reduce but not replace reliance on US nuclear...

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How intermediaries manage knowledge to support public procurement of innovation : the case of UK defence

Selviaridis, Kostas; Uyarra, Elvira - 2025

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Openness and fragmentation in EU defence procurement

Cernat, Lucian; Guinea, Oscar; Preuss, Hannah - 2025

Europe's fragmented defence procurement markets undermine Europe's security efforts. Larger procurement markets, by contrast, deliver sharper competition, lower prices, and stronger incentives for specialisation and technological progress. Using data from the EU's Tender Electronic Daily (TED),...

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Reassessing the cross-sectional fiscal multiplier : evidence from U.S. defense procurement, 1966-2019

Pallante, Gianluca - 2025

This paper revisits the empirical analysis of Nakamura and Steinsson (2014). I reconstruct and extend the original dataset to cover the period 1966-2019, harmonizing two major sources of data: the Defense Contract Action Data System (DCADS) and USAspending.gov. I discuss how to aggregate these...

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World War 2 governmental cost-plus procurement : an Australian case study

Burrows, Geoffrey H.; Cobbin, Phillip E.; Hronsky, Jane - 2024

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Officers, entrepreneurs, career migrants, and diplomats : military entrepreneurs in the early modern world

2024

""Money, money, and more money." In the eyes of early modern warlords, these were the three essential prerequisites for waging war. The transnational studies presented here describe and explain how belligerent powers did indeed rely on thriving markets where military entrepreneurs provided...

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Officers, entrepreneurs, career migrants, and diplomats : military entrepreneurs in the early modern world

2024

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Delivering more competition to the EU defence markets? : examining the defence procurement directive, Directive 2009/81/EC

Kananoja, Lauri; Kosonen, Jesse; Lehtonen, Juha-Matti; … - 2026

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Private Militärunternehmen : Akteure zwischen Markt und Politik aus ökonomischer Perspektive : mit Fallstudien

Daumann, Frank - 2026

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Management of military procurement

Saadeh, Elias G.; El Hassan, Moustapha H.; Semaan, Nabil; … - 2026

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Technological emergence and military technology innovation

Schmid, Jon - 2023

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Buying weapons together (or not) : joint defence acquisition and parallel arms procurement

2023

After many years of underinvestment in defence, EU Member States are rearming, but much criticism has been levelled at the slow pace. Many argue that more European cooperation on defence acquisition and arms procurement would not only make buying arms faster and cheaper, but also strengthen the...

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Buying weapons together (or not) : joint defence acquisition and parallel arms procurement

2023

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Offset multipliers and defence industrial policy efficiency

Berkok, Ugurhan G. - 2025

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The influence of strategic procurement on the performance of the European naval defense industry

Droff, Josselin; Guiberteau-Ricard, Jade; Malizard, Julien - 2025

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Augustine, costs and defense industries

Hartley, Keith - 2022

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Competition under incomplete contracts and the design of procurement policies

Carril, Rodrigo; Gonzalez Lira, Andres; Walker, Michael S. - 2022

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Competition under incomplete contracts and the design of procurement policies

Carril, Rodrigo; Gonzalez Lira, Andres; Walker, Michael S. - 2022

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Rüstungsbeschaffung im 21. Jahrhundert : Herausforderungen und Chancen

Roßbach, Dennis - 2024 - 1. Auflage

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Procurement 4.0 : a survey of its principles and technologies in use

Bueno, Robson Elias; Andrlić, Berislav; Goncalves, … - 2024

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Sources of inefficiency in the procurement of major weapon systems : estimates for the German case

Brzoska, Michael - 2024

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Small arms procurement and corruption in small NATO countries

Pernica, Bohuslav; Palavenis, Donatas; Dvorak, Jaroslav - 2024

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Differing Perspectives on Defence Procurement : The Relative Composition of Purchases as a Barrier to Transatlantic Understanding and Trade Liberalisation

Schoeni, Daniel - 2020

Freer trade in transatlantic public procurement will be possible only if greater understanding of the two systems is achieved. One of the fundamental differences between the two is their composition of purchases: whereas in U.S. federal procurement 70-80% of purchases are military, defense...

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On the Non-Tariff Barriers Obstructing Free Trade in the Transatlantic Defense Procurement Market

Schoeni, Daniel - 2020

The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) promises to liberalize trade between the European Union and the United States. Although the negotiations have so far excluded defense, this essay considers what would happen if a TTIP removed overt restrictions. What barriers would...

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'Money as a Weapons System' : The Promises and Pitfalls of Foreign Defense Contracting

Joyce, Renanah Miles - 2020

The U.S. government spends billions of dollars every year on goods and services from foreign countries. Most of this spending is for military purposes. Over $1 billion a year in overseas defense spending is “strategic,” meaning that it is designed to support both global military operations...

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No-capability defence acquisition : a literature review on policy and practice of military acquisition within NATO and the EU

Verlaine, Alexandre - 2023

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50 shades of procurement : the European defense trilemma in defense procurement strategies

Droff, Josselin; Malizard, Julien - 2023

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Governing defense procurement : strengthening the EU's defense technological & industrial base

Vandercruysse, Laurens; Du Bois, Cindy; Buts, Caroline - 2023

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The effectiveness of performance-based contracting in the defence sector : a systematic literature review

Alqahtani, Faris; Selviaridis, Kostas; Stevenson, Mark A. - 2023

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Defence acquisition and procurement : how (not) to buy weapons

Smith, Ron - 2022

The acquisition and procurement of major weapons systems is fraught with difficulties. They tend to be delivered late, over budget and unable to meet requirements. This Element provides an economic analysis of why this happens. Market structure, demand by the military and supply by the arms...

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Subventionierte Hegemonie : die Offset-Abkommen als bilaterales Instrument währungspolitischer Kooperation zwischen der Bundesrepublik Deutschland und den USA (1960-1976)

Hofmann, Jens - 2022 - 1. Auflage

Zwischen 1961 und 1974 schlossen die Bundesrepublik und die USA acht Offset-Abkommen. Im Rahmen dieser Abkommen erwarb die Bundesrepublik Rüstungsgüter und US-Staatsanleihen, um die Devisenkosten der in der Bundesrepublik stationierten US-Truppen zu kompensieren. Im übergeordneten Sinne...

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Two‐Level Games and Australia's Defence Procurement : The Case of Land‐Based Anti‐Ship Missiles

Raymond, Gregory - 2018

As a country largely free of the corruption that bedevils the defence procurement of many of Australia's Asian neighbours, it is generally assumed that Australia's national security interests, together with value for money, are the paramount criteria for Australia's defence procurement. This is...

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European Commission Proposes Expanding the European Defence Fund—A Major Potential Barrier to Transatlantic Defense Procurement

Yukins, Christopher R. - 2018

The European Commission (EC) has proposed expanding the European Defence Fund, an initiative to fund defense technology developed in Europe. As a general matter, only European firms would have access to the fund for development, and participating European nations would need to commit themselves...

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Defenses

Bar-Gill, Oren; Blum, Gabriella - 2018

Effective defenses that are designed to protect civilians in war have significant implications for policy planning, military strategy, international relations, domestic politics and economics. Defenses can increase or decrease overall humanitarian welfare. Surprisingly, existing legal...

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Joint procurements in building national defence : why are there so few?

Kanniainen, Vesa; Lehtonen, Juha-Matti - 2018

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Procuring Complex Performance in the UK Defence Sector

Roehrich, Jens - 2017

Public and private organizations are transitioning from buying or selling products to procuring or selling complex, long-term integrated solutions consisting of bun-dles of interrelated products and services (Wise and Baumgartner, 1999; Davies et al., 2007). In response to an increasing demand for...

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Revisiting Offset Practices in European Defence Procurement : The European Defence Agency's Code of Conduct on Offsets

Georgopoulos, Aris - 2017

Offsets - otherwise known as industrial compensations - constitute a common feature of defence markets around the world. In the context of the EU and the internal market they have been considered as an obstacle in the effort to create a truly open European Defence Equipment Market (EDEM). One of...

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What Canada Could Learn from U.S. Defence Procurement : Issues, Best Practices and Recommendations

Kimball, Anessa L. - 2017

Despite differences in scale, Canada and the U.S. face common challenges in military procurement and there is much Canada can learn as both countries pursue reforms. The U.S. employs a system of systems approach, based on requirements, resource allocation and acquisition. The process begins with...

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Something Has to Give : Why Delays are the New Reality of Canada's Defence Procurement Strategy

Sloan, Elinor - 2017

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The cybridisation of EU defence

2017

This Alert explains the importance of the defence dimensions of Europe's cyber security efforts. In addition to exercises and training, the Union is now increasingly in a position to financially invest in cyber defence.

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Defense procurement in the Federal Republic of Germany : politics and organization

Cowen Karp, Regina - 2021

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Towards a purchasing portfolio model for defence procurement : a Delphi study of Swedish defence authorities

Ekström, Thomas; Hilletofth, Per; Skoglund, Per - 2021

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Acquire or expire : publicly traded defense contractors, financial markets, and consolidation in the U.S. defense industry

Mahoney, Charles W. - 2021

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Risks in defence procurement : India in the 21st century

Kundu, Oishee - 2021

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2015 Status Report on Major Defence Equipment Procurements

Perry, David - 2016

Federal elections may be good for democracy, but the campaigns — particularly the lengthy one recently held in Canada — can be crippling for plans to better arm our military. Just before the election was called, there were public signs of important progress being made in what has long been a...

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2015 Status Report on Major Defence Equipment Procurements

Perry, David - 2016

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2015 Status Report on Major Defence Equipment Procurements

Perry, Dave - 2016

Book / Working Paper

Cooperative procurement in building national defence : why are there so few?

Kanniainen, Vesa; Lehtonen, Juha-Matti - 2020

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Decision-making in the arms of a dependent relationship : explaining shifts in importer acquisition patterns of major weapon systems : 1955-2007

Johnson, Richard - 2020

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Beyond the Point of No Return? Allied Defence Procurement, the ‘China Threat,’ and the Case of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter

Zaffran, Raphaël - 2015

Why does the US government and some of its allies persist in controversial defence procurement projects? Using the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) as a case study, this paper suggests that a contingency discourse created by key actors in the United States (US) military industrial complex has...

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