II. Governments as Customers of Defence Industries.

The article reflects on the important dimensions of government's role as the customer of the defence industry in three countries including the U.S., Germany and Great Britain. It informs that the British military operations in the Balkans, Iraq and Afghanistan stimulated the readiness of the British Ministry of Defence to be a customer and the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) meet operational demand of armed forces. It mentions the Customer Product Management System in Germany.