1、2025/5/31 11:33The Strategic Defence Review Needs to Retain its Ambitions on Technological Transformation|Royal United Services Institutehttps:/www.rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/commentary/strategic-defence-review-needs-retain-its-ambitions-technological-transform1/10COMMENTARYThe Strat
2、egic Defence Review Needs to Retain itsAmbitions on Technological TransformationMatthew Savill30 May 202511 Minute ReadThe long-awaited Strategic Defence Review can lead tosigni?cant change in the Armed Forces if it moves beyondprevious platitudes and half-implemented ideas on innovationto rebuild t
3、he foundations of defence while also makingrecommendations for the big choices on technologicaltransformation.The SDR is Released from PurgatoryThe much-discussed UK Strategic Defence Review(SDR)has recently beensubject to a wearingly familiar succession of leaks and speculation,and nowappears likel
4、y to be published in the week of 2 June.Through its gestation,thereview has been dogged by concerns about delays caused by the changingglobal context,the level of its ambition,and the extent to which thegovernments commitment on spending 2.5%of GDP would be enough toaddress the issues in Defence.Whe