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INTER-SERVICE CO-ORDINATION OF SUPPORT
39. There has been further rationalisation of supply and engineering
support. Since March 1973, the Royal Air Force has been responsible
for supplying aircraft spares to all three Services. The scheme for
rationalising the support of new equipments to be used by more than
one Service has gone well.
40.
Methods,
As a result of rationalisation, significant progress has been
made in establishing inter-Service and common support procedures.
In order to control this activity, a four-year project is in hand
aimed at achieving compatibility by the late 1970s between the
various support Automatic Data Processing (ADP) systems.
terminology and data will be standardised in areas where ADP systems
overlap. Eventually the project should enable routine inter-Service
transactions to be carried out automatically, thus increasing
effectiveness and economy in manpower.
41. The retrospective codification of all British defence
matériel, according to the NATO system, has been substantially
completed. This process has resulted in the elimination of duplicate
stocks estimated at 15%. Moreover, the system prevents further
duplication with new items.
Discussions continue with our NATO Allies
on possible extensions of the NATO codification system which would
facilitate the international exchange of detailed information about
items of defence equipment, and would be helpful in the support of
collaborative projects.
42.
LANDS
The Defence Lands Committee, under the chairmanship of Lord
Nugent of Guildford, reported in July 1973. While recognising that
the amount of land available to the Services to meet their needs
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