The Defence Industrial Strategy (DIS) is a United Kingdom government policy which was published as a white paper on 15 December 2005.
The purpose of the DIS is stated to be to ensure that the UK Armed Forces are provided with the equipment they require, on time, and at best value for money.
UK defence procurement was radically changed by the government of Margaret Thatcher - cost plus contracts and "national champions" were abandoned in favour of competitive tendering.
This made the UK defence procurement market the most open in the world[1] and in contrast to the European continent and America.
An updated version of the DTS is expected to be published by the Defence Technology Innovation Centre (DTIC) in 2008.