The Swedish Armed Forces and the Defence Materiel Administration shall take ervirormental consideration in all phases of the acquisition process, according to a decision made by the Swedish government in 1998. Acquisition of defence materiel is an exarnple of pubiic durchasing. Ervironnnental consideration in public purchasing is somewhat different than in non-public organisations or purchasing by an individual consumer depending on differences in regulating laws and regulations. This report ncludes a description of the actors the regu~ating documents and the Swedish acquisdion process of deferce materiel The process is today under development and is therefore briefly described. Environmental requirements that are to be taken under consideration in the acquisition process (according to the Swedish Armed Forces) are included in the report. The report also presents preiiminary suggestions of how to integrate life-cycie assessrnent or life cycle thinking in the acquisition process of defence materiel More complete suggestions will be presented in the final report 2003-2004, Our major suggestion is that the defence sector shouid work systernatically through different product groups For each product group traditional LCAs or simplified LCAs (in this case MECOs) should be performed for reference produets, within each product group. The results should be an dentification of critical aspects in the life cycles of the products This knowledge should then be used when writing TTEMs and setting criteria for purchasing The reports should be publically available to allow reviews and discussions of results To make the work cost-effective international co-operation should be sought. It should be the responsibility of either SAF or FMV that such LCAs are performed, SAF should make sure that environmental requirements based on a life-cycle perspective is included in the TTEM. In addition LCAs can also be performed as an integrated part of the acquisition process in specific cases.