Reports and Publications

• Defence Long-Term Development Plan (LTDP) Update 2003
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • The Long-Term Development Plan and Defence Policy
  • Funding
  • Managing the LTDP
  • Projects Approved in Principle by Government
  • Projects Necessary to Avoid the Failure of Policy
  • Projects Necessary to Provide a Well-Equipped Land Force
  • Projects Necessary to Avoid Significant Risks to Policy
  • Projects that have Benefit but are Less Critical to Achieving Policy Objectives

Within this section

• Funding Parameters
• Project Summary Sheets

Defence Long-Term Development Plan (LTDP)
(June 2003 Update)

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Introduction

1. First released on 11 June 2002, the Long-Term Development Plan (LTDP) is a planning tool to enable decisions on defence acquisitions to be taken in the context of the Government’s defence policy, the priority of projects and affordability. The LTDP links the Government’s defence policy objectives, which were set out in the Defence Policy Framework released in June 2000, with the capability requirements announced in the Defence Statement of 8 May 2001. This LTDP contains a comprehensive list of projects, with preliminary costing, timings, and priorities. The LTDP has a rolling forward focus of 10 years and was constructed as an active document, to be updated regularly. This is the first updated version of the LTDP.
2. The LTDP:
   1. describes major acquisition projects required over the next 10 years to provide military capabilities that meet the Government’s defence policy objectives;
   2. reflects relative priorities of the projects, measured against the Government’s defence policy and security needs and interests;
   3. works within agreed financial limitations; and
   4. sets out planning and decision-making processes incorporating management of both operational and financial risks to ensure that investment in defence provides best value for money.

Funding Parameters

3. The LTDP will be managed within approved financial parameters. These are:
   1. up to $1 billion, in nominal terms, in capital injections over the next 10 years;
   2. any inflationary pressure to be managed within these constraints until 2005/06; and
   3. leasing options may be considered where there is a neutral trade-off between capital and operating expenditure.

Project Summary Sheets

4. A project summary sheet for each project on the LTDP can be found in sections 5 to 9. Each summary sheet describes the project, how it contributes to the Government’s defence policy, links to other capabilities, timing issues, costs and possible options where these are known. Options and trade-offs for defence acquisitions will be properly investigated, costed and presented to Ministers as projects are brought forward for approval.

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