Defence Equipment and Support

Defence Equipment and Support

Agency overview
Formed	2 April 2007
Jurisdiction	United Kingdom
Headquarters	MoD Abbey Wood, England, United Kingdom
Minister responsible	Philip Dunne MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
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.

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.

History

DE&S headquarters, Abbey Wood, Bristol

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

Chief of Defence Materiel

Name	Date held
General Sir Kevin O'Donoghue	2 April 2007 - December 2010
Bernard Gray	From 4 January 2011
Tony Douglas	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.

Chief Operating Officer

Name	Date held
Dr Andrew Tyler	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.

Chief of Materiel (Fleet)

Name	Date held
Vice Admiral Trevor Soar	Jan 2007 - 2009
Vice Admiral Andrew Mathews	2009–2013
Vice Admiral Simon Lister	2013–present

Chief of Materiel (Land)

Name	Date held
Lieutenant General Dick Applegate	16 January 2007 to 1 September 2009
Lieutenant General Sir Gary Coward	1 September 2009 to May 2012
Lieutenant General Christopher Deverell	May 2012 to present

Chief of Materiel (Air)

Name	Date held
Air Marshal Sir Barry Thornton	1 April 2007 - 30 April 2009
Air Marshal Sir Kevin Leeson	1 May 2009 – October 2012
Air Marshal Simon Bollom	October 2012 – Present

Chief of Materiel (Joint Enablers)

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.

Chief of Corporate Performance

Name	Date held
Trevor Woolley	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.
• Future Aircraft Carrier class.
• Future Surface Combatant warship class.
• Vanguard submarine 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.

Vehicles

• Mastiff Cougar (vehicle) Protected Patrol Vehicle.
• 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.
• Defence general munitions (DGM).

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)

External links

• Official website
• DE&S Organisation Structure (Feb 2013)