British defense review may come sooner as Brexit talks unfold

“The new government that takes office after the UK general election on 8 June will have to decide whether to stick to this timetable. One plausible outcome is that the launch of the next SDSR is brought forward to late 2018, by which time the implications of Brexit — economic and strategic — should have become much clearer,” Chalmers said in a briefing paper scheduled for release May 14.