Date: 10 September 2025 Purpose: Extend analysis of the Spending Review 2025 and Strategic Defence Review 2025 by evaluating the Defence Industrial Strategy (DIS) 2025 – Making Defence an Engine for Growth, with emphasis on training, simulation and alignment with the IMPACT framework. Related Notes: Briefing Note: Spending Review 2025 – Training and Simulation ( Metier Solutions Blog, June 2025 ) Briefing Note: Strategic Defence Review 2025 – Training and Simulation ( Metier Solutions Blog, June 2025 ) Context SR 2025 established budgetary uplifts, confirming defence spending rise to 2.5% GDP by 2027, with allocations supporting training and simulation infrastructure. SDR 2025 set doctrinal priorities: NATO-centred pedagogy, managed risk, synthetic environments and compressed delivery timelines (Nov 2025–Dec 2026). DIS 2025 reframes defence as both a security requirement and an industrial growth engine, embedding training and simulation reform into economic polic...