Securing funding before choosing naval innovations

The proposed sequence is to secure funding and then choose which prepared designs to build. The 1930s Navy supplies an example in which designs and ideas existed before the budget decision, but the funded programme determined what could proceed. Attempts at innovation are criticized for advancing proposals without winning the necessary resources. This leaves promising ideas unable to produce equipment and can put funding in the wrong places. The cause of the difficulty is left uncertain, with political pressures and the demands of senior command both considered.