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Ocean Heads for Calmer Waters Jan 2013 Issue 56 desthe magazine for defenceider equipment and support Ocean heads for calmer waters DE&S teams shine in annual acquisition awards See inside Support goes Bringing pilots Apprentices play Latest Astute Typhoon looks right to the end ‘home’ safely a starring role is on the way shiny and new Our UK employees are proud to provide kit for Britain’s armed forces. We design, manufacture and maintain ghter jets, armoured vehicles and naval vessels including the Typhoon aircraft, Scimitar light tanks and the Astute Class of submarine. But we’re prouder still of the contribution and sacri ces made by our armed forces every day. Thank you. REAL PRIDE. REAL ADVANTAGE. Our UK employees are proud to provide kit for Britain’s armed forces. We design, FEATURES manufacture and maintain ghter jets, 9 armoured vehicles and naval vessels 20 DE&S makes sure the post always gets through including the Typhoon aircraft, Scimitar Postal workers at the British Forces Post Office, part of light tanks and the Astute Class of DE&S, have been praised by Chief of Defence Materiel Bernard Gray for dealing with the annual deluge of submarine. But we’re prouder still of the Babcock Picture: contribution and sacri ces made by our Christmas mail armed forces every day. Thank you. 22 Teamwork keeps DE&S on top Excellence in acquisition, allied to good teamwork, helped DE&S take the majority of awards in the annual prizes handed out by the Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology 26 Two nations join in weapon systems testing A new facility – the Strategic Weapons System Ashore facility – for the UK and US to carry out comprehensive testing of their future strategic weapon systems looks set to get underway in Florida 28 Let's hear it for the girls! cover image Abbey Wood's young female apprentice engineers have come 2013 out on top in the latest MOD awards which have seen a first recorded by DE&S with the organisation's young engineering The Royal Navy’s largest ship edges slowly into dock at Devonport at the beginning of a 15-month refit.HMS talent occupying the top three spots. Ocean’s upkeep period is the biggest of its kind carrier out in the dockyard dockyard for more than 20 years JANUARY desider NEWS Assistant Head, Public Relations: Ralph Dunn - 9352 30257 or 0117 9130257 4 Astute is a 'jewel in the crown' [email protected] The Astute class submarines have been praised as a huge leap forward as DE&S awards a contract Deputy Editor: for the fourth in class Audacious Steve Moore - 9352 30537 or 0117 9130537 [email protected] 8 Support for those who support Contact extensions worth nearly £350 million have Distribution Manager: been awarded to five UK companies for global Dick Naughton - 9352 34342 or 0117 9134342 maintenance of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary [email protected] 9 Ocean heads for refit Advertising: The Royal Navy's largest warship has begun the Anthon Linton – Ten Alps Media, 40 Bowling Green biggest upkeep period carried out in Devonport for Lane, London EC1R 0NE more than 20 years Tel: +44 (0)20 7657 1819. Fax: +44 (0)207 7379 7155 11 More stocks of the 'weapon of choice' [email protected] Stocks of Paveway IV, the RAF's 'weapon of choice', have been replenished after the bomb proved effective during the Libya campaign Printing: 13 Typhoon clocks up a major milestone The first 'major' maintenance has been carried out on an RAF Typhoon after the aircraft clocked up 1,600 flying hours desider is distributed free of charge to DE&S employees and the equipment capability sponsor. Copies can also Support goes right to the end be made available to readers outside the MOD, including 14 those in the defence industries. While the editor takes A support contract for the Sea King will provide care to ensure all material produced is accurate, no maintenance to the 90-strong fleet until the liability can be accepted for errors or omissions. Views helicopter's out of service date in 2016 expressed in desider, and the products and services advertised, are not necessarily endorsed by DE&S or the 16 Cleared to land! MOD. All content for advertorials must be cleared by the Testing on a flight simulator at BAE Systems will get relevant MOD project team before publication. to grips with the challenge of helping UK F-35 pilots to return to the Queen Elizabeth class carriers © Crown Copyright 19 Class Output delivers class output This magazine is produced on Cocoon Revised arrangements for docking periods for Silk 90gsm which contains 50 per the Royal Navy's mine countermeasures vessels cent recycled and de-inked pulp from have proved successful as the first Sandown class post consumer waste and Forest vessel leaves Rosyth Stewardship Council certified material from well-managed forests. REAL PRIDE. REAL ADVANTAGE. Insider Bernard Gray Chief of Defence Materiel ‘A huge amount of work has been undertaken by the Materiel Strategy team since it was formed 18 months ago’ I would like to offer you all a medal winners are from DE&S. warm welcome back to work The majority of the other award following a very well-deserved winners also came from DE&S Christmas and New Year break. – my congratulations go to all of We are at the start of what I them. believe will be an extremely My visit to BFPO’s main important year for all of us in sorting office also gave me DE&S, the year during which great pleasure. I saw how I anticipate major decisions staff dealt with the increase in on the road to the future for a Christmas mail, how they had changed and improved DE&S developed improvements to will be taken by Ministers. their own working processes As you all know, a huge and I was able to thank them Picture: Mike Vallance/BAE Systems amount of work has been for their dedication to the very undertaken by the Materiel important job that they do, Strategy team since it was which rightly attracts some public attention on the run-up to formed 18 months ago and an THE ASTUTE class has been described as Initial Gate Business Case has the holiday period. the ‘jewel in the crown’ of the Royal Navy’s been prepared for consideration I was also pleased to Submarine Service by DE&S’ Director of by the Investment Approvals note the award of the main Submarines. Committee. build contract for the fourth The fourth submarine in the class of Once the Committee has submarine in the Astute class, seven – Audacious – is already well under reached its decision I will be Audacious. Getting to contract construction at BAE Systems in Barrow, in a position to explain to you has been a considerable Cumbria. the next steps in the process piece of work for all those Rear Admiral Simon Lister, Director of developing an improved involved, both in DE&S and our Submarines, said: “These submarines contractor and marks another represent a huge leap forward in management structure for technology and will operate all over the DE&S. step forward for our submarine programme. world with the Royal Navy. The Initial Gate Business “They provide the optimum capability Case recommends that we I very much enjoyed a submarine can offer in land strike, move into a formal Assessment welcoming MOD Permanent strategic intelligence gathering, anti- Phase which will allow us to Secretary Jon Thompson to submarine and surface ship warfare, and compare a Government Owned DE&S headquarters at Abbey protection of the strategic deterrent. Contractor Operated (GOCO) Wood and listening, along with “The Astute class will become the jewel model (which remains the DE&S a large number of DE&S staff, in the crown of the Submarine Service and Board’s preferred option), with to a presentation he gave on boasts much greater firepower and more advanced sonar and communications than an “as is” and a DE&S+ option. Defence Transformation. A number of questions to Jon ever before.” Among the last events that I Rear Admiral Lister was speaking attended before the Christmas were understandably about progress on the Materiel as DE&S awarded a £1.2 billion contract break were the MOD Apprentice for Audacious. The contract with BAE of the Year Awards 2012 and Strategy, which remains a Systems will safeguard 3,000 jobs at a visit to BFPO as it dealt with major focus of your interest and Barrow. the annual deluge of Christmas concern. The full contract includes previous mail for service personnel on Finally, as we stand at the money spent across the programme duty overseas. start of the New Year and look and covers the design, build, test and I was delighted to open the ahead to the challenges and commissioning programme. opportunities it will bring, I First steel was cut in 2007 and Apprentice of the Year event construction of Audacious is advanced and to see so many successful would like to thank you all for your continued professionalism with all its pressure hull units now apprentices starting on their assembled in the company’s main careers with the MOD and I was and commitment. Together we achieved a great deal in construction hall. particularly pleased that the The first two boats, Astute and 2012 and I look forward to our MOD Apprentice of the Year gold Ambush, are currently undergoing sea continued achievements this medal winner and both silver trials to rigorously test their systems.
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