%T Overcoming ‘boom and bust’? Analyzing national shipbuilding plans in Canada and Australia %A Jeffrey F. Collins %I Canadian Global Affairs Institute %D 2019 %K Government expenditure, %K Naval operations, %K Defence, %K Defence expenditure, %K Ship design %U https://apo.org.au/node/219051 %X This paper analyzes the largest and most expensive procurement projects undertaken by either country, Canada’s $73 billion (estimated) National Shipbuilding Strategy (NSS), launched in 2010, and Australia’s A$90 billion Naval Shipbuilding Plan (NSP), launched in 2017. Each project represents an attempt to implement a rational, multi-decade approach to naval acquisition. %9 Policy report