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Public Expenditure & Procurement

State-Funded Tooling After the Contract: France and Britain
What French and British contracts say about who controls State-funded production tooling, and what the Wildcat case shows
NATO Infrastructure Finance: Lessons from Lielvārde and Powidz
How common-funding eligibility, national budgets and bilateral agreements divide the cost of usable military infrastructure in Europe
The Pre-Committed Budget Behind France’s Equipment Spending
Payment cohorts, outstanding commitments and the limits of Programme 146’s budget expansion
The Sonde and the Receiver
How Europe buys its upper-air observations, and why only one layer of that purchase behaves like a market
When Accelerated Deductions Can Support Equipment Investment Before Qualified Production
A German component supplier that decides to serve the defence market faces an interval with a characteristic shape.
Europe’s Missile Constraint
Why deep strike, anti-ballistic defence and complex-weapon production are becoming central to European rearmament
Norway’s NH90 Settlement: What a Failed Procurement Can and Cannot Return
Cash recovery, asset control and the conditions for European reuse
The Risk the State Keeps
How indemnities, liability caps and continuity guarantees underwrite Britain’s nuclear submarine industry
What three British retirements show about when withdrawal releases money
What three British retirements show about when withdrawal releases money
Owning the Defence Bottleneck
Public control and production access at Sheffield Forgemasters and Octric
Remaining Eligible for Britain’s Defence Market
Exclusion, Remediation and the Limits of Supplier Replacement
The Cost of Changing a Defence Requirement
Repricing specifications, quantities and delivery schedules in UK qualifying defence contracts
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