Defence Equipment and Support
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| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | 2 April 2007 |
| Jurisdiction | United Kingdom |
| Headquarters |
MoD Abbey Wood, England, United Kingdom Coordinates: 51°30′12″N 2°33′33″W / 51.5033°N 2.55917°W |
| Minister responsible | |
| Parent agency | Ministry of Defence |
Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) is a trading entity and organisation within the UK Ministry of Defence. It began operating on 2 April 2007 following the merger of 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 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 have been housed at Abbey Wood since 2012.[2]
History
Defence Equipment and Support was established on 2 April 2007.
DE&S is overseen by the Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology.
Senior officials
The organisation is under the leadership of the Chief of Defence Materiel, a four-star officer: an Admiral, General, Air Chief Marshal or civilian. After the restructuring in 2011 there are four three-star posts under the Chief of Defence Materiel. These are the positions of Chief of Materiel (Fleet), a Royal Navy Vice Admiral, and Chief of Materiel (Land), a British Army Lieutenant General (who also holds the appointment of Quartermaster-General to the Forces), Chief of Materiel (Air), a Royal Air Force Air Marshal and Chief of Materiel (Joint Enablers).
Holders of senior positions
| Name | Date held |
|---|---|
| General Sir Kevin O'Donoghue[1] | 2 April 2007 - December 2010 [3] |
| Bernard Gray[4] | From 4 January 2011 |
| Tony Douglas[5] | From late 2015 |
Chief Operating Officer
The Chief Operating Officer (COO) was responsible for project and programme delivery across DE&S. This includes supporting the equipment through life, and the performance of the industrial supply chain. The post was discontinued 1 June 2011.
| Name | Date held |
|---|---|
| Dr Andrew Tyler [6] | 2006 - 1 May 2011 |
Chiefs of Materiel
The Chiefs of Materiel (CofMs) are responsible for managing key relationships with the Capability Sponsor and User. They work at the strategic level to make sure that the operational readiness and sustainability needs of the User are met.
The CofMs ensure an ethos of support to operations is in place to the User, throughout all DE&S activity.
| Name | Date held |
|---|---|
| Vice Admiral Trevor Soar[7] | Jan 2007 - 2009 |
| Vice Admiral Andrew Mathews | 2009–2013 |
| Vice Admiral Simon Lister | 2013–present |
| Name | Date held |
|---|---|
| Lieutenant General Dick Applegate[6] | 16 January 2007[8] to 1 September 2009 |
| Lieutenant General Sir Gary Coward | 1 September 2009[9] to May 2012 |
| Lieutenant General Christopher Deverell | May 2012 to 8 March 2016[10] |
| Lieutenant General Paul Jaques | 8 March 2016 - |
| Name | Date held |
|---|---|
| Air Marshal Sir Barry Thornton[6] | 1 April 2007 - 30 April 2009 |
| Air Marshal Sir Kevin Leeson | 1 May 2009[11] – October 2012 |
| Air Marshal Simon Bollom | October 2012 – April 2016 |
| Air Marshal Julian A Young | April 2016 – |
| Name | Date held |
|---|---|
| Dr Andrew Tyler | 1 May 2011 to 21 June 2011 |
| Trevor Woolley | 1 June 2011 |
| Peter Worrall | October 2013 – Present |
Chief of Corporate Performance
The Chief of Corporate Performance (CCP) was responsible for managing the business effectively and setting policy in key corporate functional areas. The post was discontinued as at 1 June 2011.
| Name | Date held |
|---|---|
| Trevor Woolley [6] | 20?? to 1 June 2011 |
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.
- Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier class.
- Future Surface Combatant warship class.
- Vanguard submarine class.
- Successor-class submarine Replacement class for the Vanguard-Class
Aircraft
- Eurofighter Typhoon fighter aircraft.
- F-35 Joint Strike Fighter fighter aircraft.
- A400M transport aircraft.
- C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft.
- 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.
- Airseeker
Vehicles
- Mastiff Cougar (vehicle) Protected Patrol Vehicle.
- Ajax (Scout SV)
- 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.
- Defence general munitions (DGM).
- SPEAR, Selective Precision Effects At Range munitions
Other
- Information Systems & Services
- Future Integrated Soldier Technology modular infantry equipment system.
- Bowman tactical communications system.
- Skynet 5 strategic communications satellite system.
- Light weapons, photography and batteries (LWPB)
References
- 1 2 DE&S Organisation Chart retrieved October 2008
- ↑ Defence Equipment and Support Organisation to focus activities in Bristol
- ↑ "Chief of Defence Materiel". MOD.uk. Retrieved 2009-06-20.
- ↑ Bernard Gray appointed Chief of Defence Materiel Ministry of Defence, 16 December 2010
- ↑ MOD announces appointment of the Chief Executive for Defence Equipment and Support Ministry of Defence, 21 March 2015
- 1 2 3 4 "Defence Equipment & Support - April 2007" (PDF). MOD. April 2007. Retrieved 2009-07-01.
- ↑ Admiral sailes into snobs' bible
- ↑ London Gazette 58252 dated 20 February 2007
- ↑ London Gazette 59191 dated 22 September 2009
- ↑ Defence View points June 2011
- ↑ Royal Air Force Air Rank Appointments List 08/09 retrieved 17 November 2008
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