While it would be churlish not to say good, we’re getting more kit, it should be recognised that quite a lot are barely recognisable remnants of long overdue programmes that have been frozen and/or cut to the bone. Remember the £1.2Bn “savings” from a couple of years ago? In particular, I recognise one old programme whose ISD was 2000. Another, 2007.
Other parts simply sound like attrition replacements (see the Gray report when discussing BOWMAN and lack of asset accounting).
In other words, some routine, low level work is being spun and delayed for political expediency.