The Defence Investment Plan: How to Navigate the Next 2 to 5 Years of IT Procurement
The Defence Investment Plan will drive significant new IT demand just as supply tightens. In this edition of Tech SITREP, Dan Arnold and Ben Curtis discuss what it means for buyers and how to navigate procurement over the next two to five years.
Executive Summary
- The Defence Investment Plan signals a significant shift toward training and simulation, which will drive substantial new demand for IT equipment from basic PCs up to bespoke high-performance compute.
- Component pricing has stabilised, but at a high level the market expects to hold for roughly the next two years. The bigger challenge ahead is supply, not price.
- Global shortages of CPUs and SSDs are already affecting projects, and specialist defence manufacturers of rugged and wide-temperature hardware are hit hardest because they lack the buying power of the hyperscalers.
- The practical advice from Novatech's procurement team is consistent: plan projects early, convert intent into purchase orders quickly, and stay flexible on specification and vendor to buy what is actually available.
In this edition of Tech SITREP, Dan Arnold of Novatech Defence speaks with procurement manager Ben Curtis about the Defence Investment Plan and what it means for buyers.