Warrior upgrade delays threaten MoD’s Budget Plan
The UK Ministry of Defence has confirmed a delay to the Warrior Capability Sustainment Programme (WCSP) calling the setback a key risk to project affordability and delivery.
The MoD’s Defence Equipment Plan 2018, released on 5 November, highlights the WCSP’s 13-month delay as the major threat to the Army Command Equipment plan coming within budget.
The programme is now behind schedule a month longer than the 12 months predicted in the MoD’s Major Projects Portfolio data FY2016/17.
Despite all 11 demonstration vehicles having been delivered to the MoD, problems in the demonstration phase have caused these setbacks, with the
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