Large-scale military platform procurement is an essential but understudied component of the policy studies of megaprojects. Procurement decisions in this area, from ships to aircraft, are examples of a specific type of often very expensive purchases which feature complex multi-actor and multiyear processes characterized by high degrees of conflict between actors over purchases and planning horizons. This study of military procurement efforts of this type demonstrates the importance of maintaining policy ‘alignment’ between governments and service providers for successful megaproject procurement to occur and suggests several strategies for accomplishing this that can be applied to similar large-scale but nondefense-related projects, ranging from hydroelectric dams to high-speed railway development.

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军事大型项目的政治：加拿大和澳大利亚海军造船战略的争论

大型军事平台采购是大型项目政策研究中必不可少但未被充分研究的组成部分。这一领域的采购决策，从船舶到飞机，是一种通常非常昂贵的采购的特定类型的例子，这些采购具有复杂的多参与者和多年流程，其特点是参与者之间在采购和规划范围方面存在高度冲突。这项对此类军事采购工作的研究证明了在政府和服务提供商之间保持政策“一致”对于成功进行大型项目采购的重要性，并提出了实现这一目标的几种策略，这些策略可应用于类似的大型但非国防相关项目，从水力发电大坝到高速铁路发展。