As the UK makes a landmark shift towards warfighting readiness and other nations hone their strategies, defence organisations are under even greater pressure to be mission ready. 

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Our latest research surveyed 500+ senior IT, business and engineering decision makers from defence and aerospace organisations globally to understand the challenges defence leaders are currently facing. 

Key findings
81%
say ensuring asset readiness is stressful
8-in-10
say transforming their approach to complex asset management is a key priority for 2025
82%
agree access to the right data is critical to ensuring assets are mission ready
Top concerns
Respondents from across the Army, Navy and Air Force agree that amongst the top concerns include:

1.    Lack of interoperability between systems 
2.    Ensuring compliance with strict regulatory requirements 
3.    Lack of data standardisation and data deluge
Integrating technologies that overcome digital barriers – like data fragmentation and poor interoperability – allow the people behind the scenes of defence to gain 360° visibility of their assets.
Luigi Sidoli, Head of Digital Management
Level of solution maturity
However, even organisations that are implementing processes and tools (48%)  to help with the above challenges admit they’re infrastructure currently lacks consistency and scalability.
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Scoping a sustainable complex asset management solution is a real challenge for defence organisations, who are dealing with many individual systems which have been put in place over time. A move to a single view solution is a big change which can be perceived as high risk and expensive, which is perhaps why we are seeing a lack of consistency at the moment
Darren Nice, Head of Mission Applications – Defence
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*Research surveyed 500+ senior IT, business and engineering decision makers from defence and aerospace organisations from the following countries: United Kingdom, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Australia, Japan, France, Canada, and Saudi Arabia