Defence_Equipment_and_Support
Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) is a trading entity and joint-defence 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 Chief Executive Officer of Defence Equipment and Support.[1]
| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | 2 April 2007 |
| Jurisdiction | United Kingdom |
| Headquarters | MoD Abbey Wood, Bristol, England, United Kingdom 51.5033°N 2.55917°W / 51.5033; -2.55917 |
| Minister responsible | |
| Parent agency | Ministry of Defence |
DE&S initially had a civilian and military workforce of around 29,000 (77 per cent civilian and 23 per cent military) in the UK and abroad. As of 2022 the DE&S workforce had reduced to around 11,500[2] with the majority based at MoD Abbey Wood in Bristol.[3]
Defence Equipment and Support was established on 2 April 2007. It is overseen by the Minister of State for Defence Procurement. The organisation supports Strategic Command and the individual armed services through Navy Command, Army Headquarters and Headquarters Air Command.
Defence Equipment and Support Board
Includes:[1]
| Title | Name | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Chairman and Non-Executive Director | Mark Russell | 2019 – |
| MOD Permanent Secretary (PUS) | David Williams | 2021 – |
| Chief Executive Officer (DE&S) | Andy Start | 2022 – |
| Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Military Capability) | Lieutenant General Robert Magowan | 2022 – |
Mark Russell became chairman in November 2019.[4]
The Board provides strategic governance for DE&S and a robust forum for independent, non-executive support and constructive challenge to the Chief Executive and the Executive Committee. The DE&S Board delegates some activities to sub-committees of the Board, namely the Audit, Remuneration, Programme Review and Nomination Committees. The Chairman ensures that the Board receives feedback on these sub-Committees and that it is able to consider their recommendations.[1]
Executive Committee Defence Equipment and Support
Includes:[5]
| Title | Name | Start Date |
|---|---|---|
| Chief Executive Officer (DE&S) | Andy Start | September 2022 |
| DG (Ships) | Vice-Admiral Paul Marshall | 2022 |
| DG (Land) | Chris Bushell | 2020 |
| DG (Air) | Vice-Admiral Richard Thompson | 2020 |
| DG (Strategic Enablers) | Adrian Baguley | 2018 |
| DG Commercial | Andrew Forzani | 2022 |
| Finance Director | David Johnson | 2019 |
| Director Human Resources | Dr Jill Hatcher | 2021 |
| Director Strategy & Corporate Ops | Kriahna Dhanak | 2020 |
DE&S is led on a day-to-day basis by the Executive Committee, which consists of the Chief Executive Officer, Director Finance, Director Human Resources, Director Strategy & Corporate Operations, and five Director Generals who lead the delivery of the programme of work in their respective domains.[1]
Sub Committees
Includes: The following subordinate Committees provide specialised support to the Executive Committee.[1]
| Name |
|---|
| Business Case Review Committee |
| Innovation & Prosperity Committee |
| People Committee |
| Performance Committee |
| Safety Committee |
| Security Committee |
| Transformation Committee |
The organisation has been under the leadership of a civilian Chief Executive Officer of Defence Equipment and Support since 2015.
Chief Executive Officer of Defence Equipment and Support
| Name | Title | Date held |
|---|---|---|
| General Sir Kevin O'Donoghue[6] | Chief of Defence Materiel | 2007 – 2010 [7] |
| Bernard Gray[8] | Chief of Defence Materiel | 2011 – 2015 |
| Tony Douglas[1] | CEO | 2015 – 2018 |
| Michael Bradley[9] | CEO | January 2018 – May 2018 |
| Sir Simon Bollom[10] | CEO | May 2018 – August 2022 |
| Andy Start[11] | CEO | September 2022 – |
Director General for Air/Army/Navy/Strategic Enablers/Commercial/Resources
The Chiefs of Materiel (CofMs), now Director Generals (DGs), 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.[12]
The DGs ensure an ethos of support to operations is in place to the User, throughout all DE&S activity.
Chief of Fleet Support
| Name | Date held |
|---|---|
| Vice Admiral Trevor Soar[16] | January 2007 – 2009 |
| Vice Admiral Andrew Mathews | 2009 – 2013 |
| Vice Admiral Simon Lister[17][18] | 2013 – 2017 |
Director General (Ships)
| Name | Date held |
|---|---|
| Sir Simon Bollom[12] | 2017 – 2018 |
| Vice Admiral Christopher Gardner[19] | 2019 – present |
Directorate of Ships Support
Directorate of Ships Acquisition
| Name | Date held |
|---|---|
| Henry Parker[12] | 2017 – |
Chief of Materiel (Submarines)
This group now is part of the Submarine Delivery Agency.[21]
| Name | Date held |
|---|---|
| Vice Admiral Sir Simon Lister[12] | 2017 – 2017 |
Directorate of Submarine Acquisitions
| Name | Date held |
|---|---|
| Rear-Admiral Paul Methven[12] | 2017 – |
Directorate of Submarines Support
| Name | Date held |
|---|---|
| Rear-Admiral Keith Beckett[12] | 2017 – |
Director General (Land)
| Name | Date held |
|---|---|
| Lieutenant General Dick Applegate[22] | 16 January 2007[23] – 1 September 2009 |
| Lieutenant General Sir Gary Coward | 1 September 2009[24] – May 2012 |
| Lieutenant General Christopher Deverell | May 2012 – 8 March 2016[25] |
| Lieutenant General Paul Jaques[12] | 8 March 2016 – 7 December 2019[26] |
| Chris Bushell [20] | 7 December 2019 – present |
Directorate of Land Equipment
Directorate of Weapons
Director General (Air)
| Name | Date held |
|---|---|
| Air-Marshal Sir Barry Thornton[22] | 1 April 2007 – 30 April 2009 |
| Air-Marshal Sir Kevin Leeson | 1 May 2009[29] – October 2012 |
| Air-Marshal Simon Bollom | October 2012 – April 2016 |
| Air-Marshal Julian Young[12] | April 2016 – September 2020 |
| Vice-Admiral Richard Thompson[30] | September 2020 – present |
Directorate of Air Support
Directorate of Combat Air
| Name | Date held |
|---|---|
| Air-Vice-Marshal Keith Bethell[12] | 2017 – |
Director General Strategic Enablers
| Name | Date held |
|---|---|
| Dr Andrew Tyler | 1 May 2011 – 21 June 2011 |
| Trevor Woolley | 1 June 2011 |
| Peter Worrall[12] | October 2013 – |
| Adrian Baguley[12][20] | July 2019 – present |
Directorate of Intelligence, Surveillance, Target, Acquisition & Reconnaissance
Directorate of Engineering & Safety
| Name | Date held |
|---|---|
| Stephen Wilcock [20] | 2020 – present |
Directorate of Digital Information
| Name | Date held |
|---|---|
| Nigel Shaw[20] | 2020 – |
Directorate of Programmes & Change
| Name | Date held |
|---|---|
| Simon Hughes[20] | 2020 – |
Directorate of Helicopters
Directorate of Support
Directorate-General (Commercial)
Commercial Operations
Commercial Capability
| Name | Date held |
|---|---|
| Mike Greatwich[12] | 2017 – |
Commercial Improvements
Directorate-General (Resources)
| Name | Date held |
|---|---|
| Michael Bradley[12] | 2016 – 2018 |
| David Johnson[12] | 2019 – present |
Financial Planning & Analysis
Directorate Human Resources
Deputy Director HR Head of Function - HR
| Name | Date held |
|---|---|
| Katie Sloggett[20] | 2020 – present |
HR Operations
| Name | Date held |
|---|---|
| Scott Murray[20] | 2020 – present |
Performance & Reward
| Name | Date held |
|---|---|
| Nick Jackson, interim[20] | 2020 – present |
Talent & Organisation Development
| Name | Date held |
|---|---|
| Amanda Lammonby[20] | 2020 – present |
HR (Strategic Enablers)
| Name | Date held |
|---|---|
| Ruth Moesby[20] | 2020 – present |
HR (Land)
| Name | Date held |
|---|---|
| Maureen Doherty[20] | 2020 – present |
HR (Air & Ships)
| Name | Date held |
|---|---|
| Rachel Tothill[20] | 2020 – present |
HR (Military Human Resources & Commanding Officer)
Directorate Strategy & Change
International Relations Group
Corporate Communications
| Name | Date held |
|---|---|
| Dawn Cunningham-Martin[20] | 2020 – present |
COVID-19 Operations Cell
| Name | Date held |
|---|---|
| Air Commodore Rob Woods[20] | 2020 – present |
DE&S manages over 600 defence procurement and support programmes for the UK's armed services.[31] Examples of current and future procurement projects include:
Ships
- Type 45 destroyer class
- Astute submarine class
- Albion landing platform dock class
- Bay landing ship dock class
- Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier class
- Type 26 frigate warship class
- Type 31 frigate class
- River-class patrol vessel
- Tide-class tanker
- Solid Support Ship
- Vanguard submarine class
- Dreadnought-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
- Lockheed C-130 Hercules transport aircraft
- Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft (FSTA)/Airbus A330 MRTT aerial refueling tanker
- Apache MkI attack helicopter
- Merlin HC4 support and Merlin Mk2 anti-submarine warfare helicopters
- Hawk 128 advanced jet trainer
- Watchkeeper Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
- Sentinel R1
- Beechcraft Shadow R1
- Airseeker
- Protector UAV
- Boeing P-8A Poseidon MRA Mk1
Vehicles
- Warrior and Warrior Warrior Capability Sustainment Programme
- Challenger 2 and Challenger Challenger 2 Life Extension Programme
- Mastiff Cougar (MRAP) Protected Patrol Vehicle
- Ajax (Scout SV)
- Panther Command and Liaison Vehicle
- Jackal
- Viking armoured personnel carrier
- Mechanised Infantry Vehicle, ie Boxer
- Multi Role Vehicle-Protected (MRV-P) (MRV-P)[32]
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
- NLAW (MBT LAW) anti-tank missile
- SPEAR, Selective Precision Effects At Range munitions; see, for example, SPEAR 3
Other
- Future Integrated Soldier Technology modular infantry equipment system
- Bowman tactical communications system
- Skynet 5 strategic communications satellite system
- Light weapons, photography and batteries (LWPB)
As of 2016 the main locations (with staff numbers) were:[33]
- MoD Abbey Wood (7,920) - Head Office
- DM Beith (220) - Defence Munitions
- MoD Bicester (140) - Logistics
- HMNB Clyde (100) - Fleet Support and Defence Munitions
- HMNB Devonport (220) - Fleet Support and Defence Munitions
- DM Kineton (240) - Defence Munitions
- DM Longtown (120) - Defence Munitions
- Ministry of Defence, London (90) - Policy
- RAF Northolt (210) - British Forces Post Office
- HMNB Portsmouth and DM Gosport (350) - Fleet Support and Defence Munitions
- Rosyth Dockyard (120) - Fleet Support and Defence Munitions
- RAF Waddington (170) - ISTAR Support
- Yeovil (410) - Helicopter Support
Responsibility for 'Logistics, Commodities and Services' (including storage and delivery of non-weaponry equipment, such as food and clothing, to soldiers)[34] was contracted out to the private sector in 2015 under an arrangement that included the transfer of 1,100 staff and construction of a new 'Defence Fulfilment Centre' at MoD Donnington.[33]
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