Coordinates: 51°30′12″N 2°33′33″W / 51.5033°N 2.55917°W Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) is the name of the merged procurement and support organisation within the UK Ministry of Defence. It came into being on 2 April 2007, bringing together the MoD's Defence Procurement Agency and the Defence Logistics Organisation under the leadership of General Sir Kevin O'Donoghue as the first Chief of Defence Materiel.[1]
The new organisation had a civilian and military workforce of around 29,000 (77 per cent civilian and 23 per cent military), in the UK and abroad. DE&S operates as a single Top Level Budget. As of 2008 the DE&S workforce was around 24,500, further reducing under the 'PACE' business improvement programme to around 20,000 by 2012. Of this, around 10,000 posts will be housed at Abbey Wood by 2012.[2]
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Mission statement
The DE&S mission is:
- To equip and support our armed forces for operations now and in the future.
History
Defence Equipment and Support was established on 2 April 2007.
DE&S is overseen by the Minister of State for Defence Equipment and Support, in which role the first Min(DES), Lord Drayson was succeeded by Baroness Taylor, on 7 November 2007.[3][4]
Senior officials
The organisation is under the leadership of the Chief of Defence Materiel, a 4 star officer: an Admiral, General, or Air Chief Marshal. Under the Chief of Defence Materiel, are the positions of Chief of Materiel (Air), a Royal Air Force Air Marshal, Chief of Materiel (Fleet), a Royal Navy Vice Admiral, and Chief of Materiel (Land), a British Army Lieutenant General.
Holders of senior positions
| Name | Date held |
|---|---|
| General Sir Kevin O'Donoghue[5] | 2 April 2007 - Present [6] |
| Name | Date held |
|---|---|
| Air Marshal Sir Barry Thornton[7] | 1 April 2007 - 30 April 2009 |
| Air Marshal Kevin J Leeson | 1 May 2009 - Present [8] |
| Name | Date held |
|---|---|
| Vice Admiral Trevor Soar[9] | Jan 2007 - 2009 |
| Vice Admiral Andy Mathews | 2009 - Present |
| Name | Date held |
|---|---|
| Lieutenant General Dick Applegate[7] | |
| Lieutenant General Gary Coward | August 2009 |
Major projects
DE&S manages a variety of defence procurement and support projects inherited from the DLO and DPA for all three services. Examples of current and future procurement projects include:
Vessels
- Type 45 destroyer class.
- Astute submarine class.
- Albion landing platform dock class.
- Bay landing ship dock class.
- Future Aircraft Carrier class.
- Future Surface Combatant warship class.
- Vanguard submarine class.
Aircraft
- Eurofighter Typhoon fighter aircraft.
- F-35 Joint Strike Fighter fighter aircraft.
- Nimrod MRA4 maritime patrol aircraft.
- A400M transport aircraft.
- C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft.
- Raytheon Sentinel Airborne Stand-Off Radar (ASTOR).
- Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft (FSTA)/Airbus A330 MRTT aerial refueling tanker.
- Apache MkI attack helicopter.
- Merlin HC3 support and Merlin HM1 anti-submarine warfare helicopters.
- Hawk 128 advanced jet trainer.
- Watchkeeper Unmanned Aerial Vehicle.
- Future Offensive Air System.
- MQ-9 Reaper.
Vehicles
- Future Rapid Effect System medium weight vehicle family.
- Panther Command and Liaison Vehicle.
- Viking armoured personnel carrier.
Munitions
- AIM-132 ASRAAM (air-to-air missile).
- Meteor air-to-air missile.
- Storm Shadow cruise missile.
- Brimstone air-launched anti-tank guided missile.
- FGM-148 Javelin anti-tank guided missile.
- Main Battle Tank and Light Armour Weapon (MBT LAW) anti-tank missile.
Other
- Information Systems & Services
- Future Integrated Soldier Technology modular infantry equipment system.
- Bowman tactical communications system.
- Skynet 5 strategic communications satellite system.
External links
References
- ^ DE&S Organisation Chart retrieved October 2008
- ^ Defence Equipment and Support Organisation to focus activities in Bristol
- ^ Lord Drayson to take Leave of Absence
- ^ Baroness Taylor appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
- ^ DE&S Organisation Chart retrieved October 2008
- ^ "Chief of Defence Materiel". MOD.uk. http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/AboutDefence/People/SeniorOfficials/ChiefOfDefenceMateriel.htm. Retrieved 2009-06-20.
- ^ a b "Defence Equipment & Support - April 2007". MOD. April 2007. http://www.ndi.org.uk/ndiltd/News0.nsf/0/C480CA95677D02CB802572D50048DD64/$file/DE&S%20Organisation%20Chart.pdf. Retrieved 2009-07-01.
- ^ Royal Air Force Air Rank Appointments List 08/09 retrieved 17 November 2008
- ^ Admiral sailes into snobs' bible
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