<p>The 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review committed to refresh defence industrial policy and outline the further steps that the Ministry of Defence would take to help the UK Defence industry to grow and compete successfully. We are examining how we engage and do business with industry and how we take account of economic and international considerations in our acquisition choices. On 6 January we concluded a period of formal industry consultation and we are now analysing the responses.</p><p>This work will be aligned with parallel Defence initiatives on innovation and ship building, and wider Government work on the National Industrial Strategy, a green paper on which is being launched today.</p>