Originally Posted by
Not_a_boffin
Arguably - Dstl were to continue that role. Question is - why have ARIA when you have Dstl?
My first question would be is the £800M to manage the research, or do it as well?
If the former, that's a lot, but not extraordinary when you look at the funding chucked at the Integration Authority and Military Aviation Authority, neither of whom actually do anything in their titles.
If the latter, stand by for a cut in the defence budget in order to contribute, ignoring the fact that project teams will still have to pay to 'pull through' the technology and apply the science.
A scientist somewhere will be presenting this as cost neutral, and a beancounter will be saying that's one small step from a savings measure.