Coordinates: The Defence Procurement Agency (DPA), was an Executive Agency of the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence responsible for the acquisition of materiel, equipment and services, for the British armed forces. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. An executive agency, also known as a next-step agency, is a part of a government department that is treated as managerially and budgetarily separate in order to carry out some The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The Ministry of Defence ( MoD) is the United Kingdom government department responsible for implementation of government defence policy and is the headquarters Materiel (from the French "matériel" for equipment or hardware related to the word Material) is a term used in English to refer to the The Armed forces of the United Kingdom, commonly known as the British Armed Forces or Her Majesty's Armed Forces, and sometimes legally the Armed Forces Its headquarters was located in Bristol and it shared its site with the Director General Logistics (Fleet)-DGLog(Fleet)- element of the Defence Logistics Organisation. Bristol ( ˈbrɪstəl is a city, Unitary authority and ceremonial county in South West England, west of London The Defence Logistics Organisation (DLO was a key element of the UK Ministry of Defence, responsible for supporting the armed forces throughout the various stages of an operation
As of April 1, 2007 the DPA was merged with the DLO to form a new organisation called Defence Equipment & Support. Events 527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S is the name of the merged procurement and support organisation within the UK Ministry of Defence
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History
The Defence Procurement Agency was established on April 1, 1999, after the announcement in the Strategic Defence Review of a specialised agency to succeed the Procurement Executive. Events 527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) The Strategic Defence Review (or SDR was a policy document produced by the Labour Government that came to power in 1997.
At the time of creation of DE&S, the DPA was headed by the Chief Executive, Sir Peter Spencer, who also held the title Chief of Defence Procurement. The Minister for Defence Procurement was Lord Drayson. Lord Drayson was appointed as the first Minister of State for Defence Equipment and Support in March 2007 Paul Rudd Drayson Baron Drayson (born in 1960 is a British businessman racing driver and politician
Major projects
The Defence Procurement Agency managed a variety of procurement projects. Procurement is the acquisition of goods and/or services at the best possible Total cost of ownership, in the right quantity and quality at the right time in the right place Examples of current and future procurement projects included:
Vessels
- Type 45 destroyer class. Background The UK had sought to procure the ships in collaboration with 7 other NATO nations under the NFR-90 project which later collapsed In naval terminology a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance Warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, Convoy A ship class is a group of ships of a similar design This is distinct from a ship-type which might reflect a similarity of tonnage or intended use
- Astute submarine class. Background As the ''Swiftsure''-class submarines aged the Royal Navy began to design their replacements A submarine is a Watercraft that can operate independently below water as distinct from a Submersible that has only limited underwater capability
- Albion landing platform dock class. An amphibious transport dock (also called a landing platform dock or LPD) is an Amphibious warfare ship, a warship that embarks transports and lands elements
- Bay landing ship dock class. Characteristics The Bay-class are based on the ''Royal Schelde Enforcer'' design similar to Dutch and Spanish LSDs A Dock landing ship or Landing ship (Dock ( hull classification LSD) is a form of auxiliary warship designed to support amphibious operations
- Future Aircraft Carrier class. History Requirement The 22000 tonne Invincible class aircraft carriers ''Invincible'', ''Illustrious'' and ''Ark Royal''
- Future Surface Combatant warship class. The Future Surface Combatant is a Royal Navy programme to replace Britain's Type 23 frigates and a variety of smaller escort/patrol ships A warship is a Ship that is built and primarily intended for Combat.
Aircraft
- Eurofighter Typhoon fighter aircraft. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout A fighter aircraft is a Military aircraft designed primarily for air-to-air combat with other Aircraft, as opposed to a Bomber, which is designed
- F-35 Joint Strike Fighter fighter aircraft. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout
- Nimrod MRA4 maritime patrol aircraft. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout A Maritime patrol aircraft, also simply patrol aircraft, or by the older term patrol bomber, is a Fixed-wing aircraft designed to operate for long
- A400M transport aircraft. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout A cargo aircraft (also known as freighters or freight aircraft) is an Fixed-wing aircraft designed or converted for the carriage of goods rather
- C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout
- Raytheon Sentinel Airborne Stand-Off Radar (ASTOR). WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Radar is a system that uses electromagnetic waves to identify the range altitude direction or speed of both moving and fixed objects such as Aircraft, ships
- Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft (FSTA)/Airbus A330 MRTT aerial refueling tanker. Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft (FSTA is a UK project to provide Aerial refueling (AR and Air transport (AT for the WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Aerial refueling, also called air refueling, in-flight refueling ( IFR) air-to-air refueling ( AAR) or tanking, is Aerial refueling, also called air refueling, in-flight refueling ( IFR) air-to-air refueling ( AAR) or tanking, is
- Apache MkI attack helicopter. The Westland WAH-64 Apache is a licence-built version of the Boeing AH-64D Apache Longbow Attack helicopter for the British Army. History Since 400 AD Chinese children have played with bamboo flying toys.
- Merlin HC3 support and Merlin HM1 anti-submarine warfare helicopters. Anti-submarine warfare (ASW or in older form A/S is a branch of Naval warfare that uses surface Warships Aircraft, space craft or other Submarines
- Hawk 128 advanced jet trainer. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout A jet aircraft is an Aircraft propelled by Jet engines Jet aircraft fly much faster than Propeller -powered aircraft and at higher altitudes -- as high as A trainer is an Aircraft used to develop piloting navigational or war-fighting skills in flight crew
- Watchkeeper Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. Watchkeeper WK450 is a £800 million contract awarded in July 2005 to Thales to provide the British Army with an Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV is an unpiloted Aircraft. UAVs can be remote controlled or fly autonomously based on pre-programmed flight plans or more complex dynamic
- Future Offensive Air System. The Future Offensive Air System was a study which sought to replace the Royal Air Force 's strike capability currently provided by the Tornado GR4.
Vehicles
- Future Rapid Effect System medium weight vehicle family. The Future Rapid Effect System ( FRES) is the UK Ministry of Defence’s programme to deliver a fleet of more than 3000 armoured vehicles for the British Army Vehicles, derived from the Latin word vehiculum, are non-living Means of transport.
- Panther Command and Liaison Vehicle. IVECO LMV (Light Multirole Vehicle is a 4WD tactical vehicle developed by IVECO, and in service with several countries
- Viking armoured personnel carrier. Armoured personnel carriers (APCs are Armoured fighting vehicles developed to transport Infantry on the Battlefield They usually have only a Machine
Munitions
- AIM-132 ASRAAM (air-to-air missile). The AIM-132 Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missile is a British Infrared homing ("heat seeking" Air-to-air missile. An air-to-air missile ( AAM) is a guided Missile fired from an Aircraft for the purpose of destroying another aircraft
- Meteor air-to-air missile. Meteor is an active radar guided beyond-visual-range air to air Missile (BVRAAM being developed by MBDA to equip the Eurofighter
- Storm Shadow cruise missile. Storm Shadow is an Anglo - French air-launched Cruise missile, manufactured by MBDA and used by France Italy and the United Kingdom A cruise missile is a guided Missile that carries an explosive payload and uses a lifting wing and a propulsion system usually a Jet engine, to allow
- Brimstone air-launched anti-tank guided missile. Brimstone is an advanced air-launched Anti-tank guided missile developed by MBDA. An anti-tank guided missile ( ATGM) or anti-tank guided weapon ( ATGW) is a guided Missile primarily designed to hit and destroy
- FGM-148 Javelin anti-tank guided missile. The FGM-148 Javelin is an American -made man-portable Anti-tank guided missile.
- Main Battle Tank and Light Armour Weapon (MBT LAW) anti-tank missile. The Main Battle Tank and Light Armour Weapon ( MBT LAW) is a disposable man-portable short range Fire-and-forget Anti-tank guided missile system Anti-tank refers to any method of combating military Armored fighting vehicles notably Tanks The most common anti-tank systems A missile (see also pronunciation differences) is a self-propelled explosive Projectile used as a weapon towards a target
Other
- Future Integrated Soldier Technology modular infantry equipment system. The Future Integrated Soldier Technology (or FIST is a project by the British Army, which aims to enhance the Infantry 's Combat effectiveness The Infantry is the oldest and most numerous of the Combat Arms in the Armed forces, and consists
- Bowman tactical communications system. Bowman is the name of the Tactical communications system used by the British Armed Forces.
- Skynet 5 strategic communications satellite system. Skynet is a family of military Satellites now operated by Paradigm Secure Communications on behalf of the UK Ministry of Defence, which provide A communications satellite (sometimes abbreviated to comsat) is an artificial Satellite stationed in space for the purposes of Telecommunications.
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