<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>27</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Todor Tagarev</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Lessons from the Procedure of Acquiring a New Type of Combat Aircraft, 1999-2017</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">IT4Sec Reports</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Analysis of Alternatives</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">costing</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">defence acquisition</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">life cycle</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">modernization</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">multicriteria analysis</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">rearmament</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2018</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">April 2018</style></date></pub-dates></dates><number><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">131</style></number><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Institute of Information and Communication Technologies</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sofia</style></pub-location><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">In the report to the conference &quot;50 Years Unmanned Aviation in Bulgaria,&quot; organised by the Technical University of Sofia - branch Plovdiv, 11-12 April 2018, the author reviews discussions and actions in the past two decades, aiming--as minimum--at providing independent performance of peacetime air policing and interoperability with NATO allies. In similar situations, many countries that do not participate in the design and production of combat aircraft make a political choice. Bulgaria chose instead to select a new type of combat aircraft in a competitive procedure. In June 2016, the Bulgarian Parliament approved the respective &quot;Investment Expenditures Project,&quot; and in April 2017 the then Caretaker Government designated a supplier. However, the new Parliament created a commission of inquiry, and in September 2017, based on the commission's report, returned the project to the Ministry of Defence with recommendations for changes in the underlying documents.
  This report provides an analysis of the main problems of the competitive procedure, related to the definition of requirements, the adopted methodology for comparative evaluation of alternative proposals, and the adopted approach to the management of the project with focus on the lack of conceptual and procedural clarity and the hyper concentration of authority in a single body - the Project Management Board under the Commander of the Bulgarian Air Force.
  The report is based on publicly available information and is intended to support the successful implementation of the project for acquiring a new type of combat aircraft and the overall modernisation of the combat aviation.
  The full text of the report is in the Bulgarian language.</style></abstract></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>27</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Todor Tagarev</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">On Bulgaria’s Defence Policy 2015-2020</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">CSDM Views</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">defence budget</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">defence policy</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Force Development</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">modernization</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2015</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">October 2015</style></date></pub-dates></dates><number><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">32</style></number><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Centre for Security and Defence Management</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sofia</style></pub-location><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">On September 30th, 2015 the Council of Ministers approved a “Programme for the development of the defence capabilities of the armed forces of Republic of Bulgaria till 2020.” This is the main document, defining Bulgaria’s defence policy. It will be discussed by the National Assembly, with the expectation to be adopted. This will however lead to a significant divergence from the obligations undertaken at the NATO Wales Summit, the “National Programme 2020” of the 2014 Caretaker Government, and the consensus reached at the Consultative Council on National Security (chaired by the President) in April 2015. Furthermore, this analysis shows that the Programme will not serve to determine and guide future decisions and actions in the defence sphere. The stagnation of the armed forces will continue, even against the recognition of increasing direct threats to the security of the country. Finally, the anticipated parliamentary approval of the Programme will make even fuzzier the responsibility for the status of the armed forces and their readiness to protect the sovereignty and the territorial integrity of Bulgaria.
The full text of  CSDM Views 32 is in Bulgarian.
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