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<p>Her Majesty's Government has approved a one-year Approved Budgetary Limit of £34.8
million to the Spearhead programmes: £8.9 million for Land Command and Control (C2),
£9.6 million for joint Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR), and £16.3
million for Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW). The total planned spend over the seven-year
portfolio is £544.1 million to the Spearhead programmes: £73.9 million for C2, £74.2
million for ISR, and £395.9 million for ASW.</p><p>This initiative does not obviate
the need for an Equipment Programme of major units, procured in the traditional manner,
in order to deliver defence tasks. What it seeks to do is to address known risks and
issues with the current force, leveraging emerging technology and innovation in order
to enable us to remain ahead of our adversaries.</p>
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