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The engineering discipline and the national defence industrial base

BAE SYSTEMS is company that has evolved over the last 400 years and we are very proud of our past. Last November saw a major milestone in our history with the merger of British Aerospace and Marconi Electronic Systems to form BAE SYSTEMS. We are now a global organisation, employing over 100 000 people, of which 23 per cent are engineers. Like rest of our industry, we are faced with many complex issues such as the continued Industrial Integration and consolidation process; world political issues such as; the need for interoperability across NATO, Letter of Intent and Declaration of Principles activities; the ongoing debate about transatlantic cooperation; and the active development of opportunities that are now open in non traditional markets. However, the challenge that concerns me most is the future critical shortage within the engineering profession the heart of our defence and of our industry.