Stuart Young
Head and Senior Lecturer
Centre for Defence Acquisition
Cranfield University
United Kingdom
Biography
In addition to operational appointments at sea, Stuart has undertaken a number of acquisition-related posts in the UK Ministry of Defence. These included three years as the Defence Equipment Marine Engineer with the Defence Staff at the British Embassy in Washington. He was also the Electric Ship Programme Manager in the Defence Procurement Agency with direct responsibility for a major UK-French technology development programme. This subsequently led to the selection of innovative technologies for the propulsion systems on the Type 45 Destroyer and the Queen Elizabeth class Aircraft Carrier. More recently he was a key member of the team developing the Defence Logistics Organisation’s strategic plan for achieving defence logistics transformation, followed by a period as Business Manager for the Defence Electronic Commerce Service. In his final appointment in the Royal Navy he was the Assistant Director in the Defence Management and Leadership Centre at Shrivenham, where he was responsible for senior management development programmes.
Research Interest
Young's research activities are focused on the Government-Defence Industry relationship and the associated risk management and decision-making processes
Publications
-
Ito P, Moore D M, Young S, Burgess K & Antill P D (2011) Impact of U.S. export control and technology transfer regime on the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Project - views of key UK stakeholders, International Journal of Defense Acquisition Management, 4 (1) 1-52.
-
Antill P & Young S (2014) Naval Procurement in Emerging Markets, Defence Procurement International (Winter 2013) 28-35.
-
Young S, Antill PD & Fisher R The fall-out from Brexit, Defence Procurement International (Winter 2016/2017) 8-13.
