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Desider Issue 69 February 2014 Feb 2014 Issue 69 desthe magazine for defenceider equipment and support Lasers light the way forward Latest DE&S organisation chart See inside Anson goes Scanning for Testing is put Systems Sensors earn on the road the future to the test flying high their award 2 FRONTISPIECE Marines to the rescue ROYAL MARINES vessels are pictured on the River Tamar last month, ferrying cars which were stranded at Christmas after a road collapsed, cutting off part of the village of Calstock. Full story page 36 FEATURES 22 19 ‘Long term’ is put to the test Thousands of square kilometres of the UK are in use testing, evaluating and guaranteeing the next generation of military equipment for UK Forces. 22 See further – and in more detail Linnett Andrew Picture: Defence Minister Philip Dunne has praised the quality of DE&S work as the latest equipment to improve soldiers' vision in poor light went on show 24 Merlin’s coat of many years Tests on the grey paint of the earliest Merlins have revealed very little degradation, with implications for future repainting programmes 26 Keeping the fleet shipshape The Sensors Support Optimisation Programme is making an outstanding contribution to defence capability, after DE&S and industry staff picked up a special ministerial award cover image 2014 28 UK eyes in the skies Major Nick French demonstrates a laser light that can The mysteries of the UK's Unmanned Aerial Systems and the illuminate targets up to 800 metres away. Weighing just 244 grammes it fits onto the SA80 rifle to increase work of a DE&S team have gone on show to the public accuracy in low light. FEBRUARY desider NEWS www.gov.uk/government/publications/desider 4 Strategy to make DE&S ‘match fit’ Assistant Head, Corporate Comms: The Materiel Strategy team has begun the first Ralph Dunn - 9352 30257 or 0117 9130257 stages of the process to turn DE&S into a bespoke [email protected] trading entity Editor: 8 Voyager ‘streets ahead’ Steve Moore - 9352 30537 or 0117 9130537 Voyager has notched up another milestone with [email protected] the first flights transporting personnel to and from Afghanistan Distribution Manager: Dick Naughton - 9352 34342 or 0117 9134342 12 Future equipment ‘affordable’ [email protected] A balanced defence budget means the MOD can now afford its future equipment programme, Prime Advertising: Minister David Cameron has told MPs Richard Stillman – Ten Alps Media, 1 New Oxford Street, High Holborn, London SC1A 1NU 15 Radio upgrade boosts front line Tel: +44 (0)20 7657 1837 Front line soldiers will have greater access to Fax: +44 (0)20 7379 7155 satellite voice communications with the upgrade of [email protected] more than 1,000 radios Printing: 16 Submarines take on new power source First installation of a new onboard power conversion system has been achieved during overhaul of HMS Vengeance in Devonport desider is distributed free to DE&S employees and the equipment capability organisations. Copies may be 18 Falcon – job done! sent to readers outside MOD, including in the defence Delivery and fielding of the Falcon communications industries. While the editor takes care to ensure all system has ended with the original fielding time cut material produced is accurate, no liability can be accepted for errors or omissions. Views expressed in by more than half desider, and products and services advertised, are not necessarily endorsed by DE&S or the MOD. All editorial 32 A pattern emerges submissions must be cleared by the relevant MOD Abbey Wood's new Pattern Room containing authorities with content for advertorials to be cleared by military uniforms from down the ages has the relevant MOD project team before publication. attracted the interest of BBC cameras © Crown Copyright 33 Scanning for the future A £1 million deployable CT scanner is being used to This magazine is produced on Cocoon Silk train military medical staff before their deployment 90gsm which contains 50 per cent recycled to the front line and de-inked pulp from post consumer waste and Forest Stewardship Council certified material from well-managed forests. Insider Bernard Gray ON 10th December the Defence Secretary announced that it was not in the public interest to continue the Materiel Strategy Chief of Defence Materiel GoCo competition with only one commercial bidder. Instead, Philip Hammond announced that DE&S would be established as a ‘The freedoms that we Bespoke Central Government Trading Entity. Barry Burton, Director Materiel are seeking for the new Strategy, responsible for delivering this new organisation by April 2014, has organisation have not outlined his plans to deliver the changes announced by the Defence Secretary to changed’ fundamentally change and improve the way that DE&S operates over the next three years and make it ‘match-fit’ for Following the Secretary of These are exciting times future challenges. State’s announcement of At a recent meeting, he told the entire for everyone working in Materiel Strategy team that, as a result of the fresh direction for the this organisation – and the Secretary of State’s announcement, Materiel Strategy before achievement of success changes to DE&S had already begun. The Christmas a great deal will involve each one need for reform remained and there was now the opportunity to get it done more of hard work has been of us playing a part in quickly, he said. done to start to develop a the changes that will be “The new entity will be launched in roadmap to establish an required. There is still April 2014. It will begin to trade during 2014 and 2015 when we will transition to innovative bespoke trading much work to be done to a different organisational form. We will organisation structure ensure we are fully ready then be able to transform the operation from April. for vesting day. to make DE&S match fit to face whatever future challenges arise and to test the A part of the work that The freedoms that market for a future GoCo, if we need to we are engaged on is we are seeking for the do so, or to continue to deliver with our talking to industry about new organisation have transformed organisation. “This also provides an excellent the best way of acquiring not changed. They are opportunity to change the way we engage some of the specialist still focused on making with the business. Without the firewalls support that DE&S needs. sure that people working necessary for the Assessment Phase, I was pleased to brief we will more openly engage with our in DE&S are properly stakeholders, seeking their views on how industry representatives equipped with the right we should change DE&S, telling staff what recently at a first soft skills and support to do is happening and how the organisation market testing event at will change.” their jobs well and that Mr Burton added: “We should be clear which we explored the DE&S has the power to that we have only managed to get to this scope and role of the reward and retain high- point because of the work we have done planned Managed Service performing staff. Providers (MSPs). As always I will seek MSPs will help us to ensure that you are transform DE&S to become kept informed as the a ‘match fit’ organisation, programme develops specifically in the areas of and the detailed plans Programme and Project are worked through. Management, Management Communication with all of Information and Finance of you about the progress and Human Resources. we are making with the We will continue to Materiel Strategy is very shape this requirement important to me. over the next few weeks, and intend to launch the From the start I have commercial competitions always said that I view this shortly. programme as a ‘team The launch of the new sport’ and that remains my organisation is less than position. two months ahead of us – Your views have always April is not that far away been and will continue – and we are all very much to be important for the focused on that date. development of our plans. MATERIEL STRATEGY 5 Mat Strat Strategy team turns to team: page 6 making DE&S ‘match fit’ A bespoke entity: page 6 Defence Secretary’s view: page 7 Pictures: Andrew Linnett Strategic planning: members of the Materiel Strategy team debate the future direction of DE&S with, below left, Programme Director Barry Burton, on the left, and Director Future DE&S Model Paul Blakiston leading the way to develop the two options – which show beyond to deliver radical change and by grant the freedoms we need through MOD that we need to change. Without this we transitioning to become a bespoke central and it is our job to help DE&S implement wouldn’t have the momentum to make this Government trading entity.” the changes we need as a result. happen. “We now need to focus on establishing “As an Arms Length Body, DE&S “We have a significant amount of work the new trading entity, and running the would be managed by MOD through a to do between now and vesting day and commercial competition to identify three Framework Document and Corporate Managed Service Providers to help us Plan, which would outline the services transform the business, in particular DE&S was required to deliver and the in the areas of programme and project resources and freedoms it has to deliver management, management information/ them.” finance and HR. Soft market testing has Mr Burton was supported at the team already started and we expect to launch meeting on 17th January at Corsham by the formal commercial competition his own senior team, all of whom have soon.” fresh responsibilities.
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