Procurement sucesses

[MRAF]

This question is incomplete!

"Have there been any procurement success where a project has come in on time and or under budget?" ... And delivered with the required capability...DE&S and their predecessors can no doubt quote successes within timeframes or even budget (I struggle to think of the latter), but more often by 'adjusting' capability from the original design to fit the other 2 criteria.

In my humble opinion, Defence Procurement should be Operator led to maintain the primary purpose of delivering capability, not just in budget and time. Take some of the US procurement organisations as an example...