One area where we have not seen Labour trying to spite a potential Tory government is in defence procurement. This would involve wrenching long-term ties on European collaboration. The energy of the MOD is focused on avoiding the constraints in defence spending by bringing favoured projects forward.
This includes their Istar (intelligence surveillance target acquisition and reconnaissance) UAV, an endurance vehicle with an armed platform. The MOD is bringing the project forward to early 2010, a sure sign of what the civil servants feel they cannot give up.