The new governance aims at improving the decision-making mechanisms and transferring the ministry to institutional action within the five strategic goals of the Ministry's development of achieving excellence and common operational excellence, improving the organizational performance of the Ministry of Defense, upgrading equipment and weapons, improving the efficiency of expenditure, supporting localization of military manufacturing and the development of individual performance and raising morale. It is worth mentioning that the Ministry of Defense's governance councils are part of the Ministry of Defense development program initiatives, which were included in the ministry's development document approved by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. --SPA 01:30 LOCAL TIME 22:30 GMT 0021 www.spa.gov.sa/w829786