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 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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The DE&S mission is:
Defence Equipment and Support was established on 2 April 2007.
DE&S is overseen by the Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology.
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).
| Name | Date held |
|---|---|
| General Sir Kevin O'Donoghue[1] | 2 April 2007 - December 2010 [3] |
| Bernard Gray[4] | From 4 January 2011 |
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 [5] | 2006 - 1 May 2011 |
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[6] | Jan 2007 - 2009 |
| Vice Admiral Andrew Mathews | 2009–present |
| Name | Date held |
|---|---|
| Lieutenant General Dick Applegate[5] | 16 January 2007[7] to 1 September 2009 |
| Lieutenant General Gary Coward | 1 September 2009[8] to present |
| Name | Date held |
|---|---|
| Air Marshal Sir Barry Thornton[5] | 1 April 2007 - 30 April 2009 |
| Air Marshal Kevin Leeson | 1 May 2009 – present [9] |
| Name | Date held |
|---|---|
| Dr Andrew Tyler | 1 May 2011 to 21 June 2011 |
| Trevor Woolley | 1 June 2011 |
Major-General Christopher Deverell will become Chief of Materiel (Land) and Quartermaster General from May 2012.[10]
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 [5] | 20?? to 1 June 2011 |
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:
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