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www.des.mod.uk Issue 123 October 2018 the magazine for defence equipment des and support Green light for Boxer announced at DVD Over 100 years invested in leading UK technology. FUTURE RUAS CONCEPT UNMANNED ELECTRONIC WARFARE ‘HERO’ RUAS PROVISION STATE-OF-THE-ART SITUATIONAL AWARENESS AESA MULTI-MODE RADAR FULLY-INTEGRATED MISSION SYSTEMS Leonardo has over 100 years of history at the leading edge of advanced design and manufacturing in the UK. 7,100 highly-skilled employees and a vast network of suppliers and partners design and develop industry-leading aircraft, electronics, space, defence and security systems for UK and export customers, worldwide. Inspired by the vision, curiosity and creativity of the great master inventor - Leonardo is designing the technology of tomorrow. leonardocompany.com Helicopters | Aeronautics | Electronics, Defence & Security Systems | Space Foreword t was a very great pleasure to teams and individual employees, hear the Chief of General Staff for 10 years this year. I(CGS) praise our employees for Elsewhere, I was delighted to their “ruthless focus” on delivering see the success of the Stepping for the armed forces when he Up summit at MOD Abbey visited MOD Abbey Wood. Wood, aimed at helping people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds "As a major employer in the South West, we are committed to progress to higher management positions in this region. It was ensuring our workforce is diverse, inclusive and representative the first summit of its kind to take place in Bristol, and it of the population around Bristol" was a privilege to host it and welcome over 70 of the city’s BAME aspiring leaders, as well General Mark Carleton- as Deputy Mayor of Bristol City Smith CBE offered his heartfelt Council Cllr Asher Craig. thanks and spoke highly of our As a major employer in the transformation programme and South West, we are committed our professionalism in delivering to ensuring our workforce for the Army, also adding that is diverse, inclusive and our contribution is very much representative of the population recognised. around Bristol. Therefore, I’m I absolutely endorse these really pleased that DE&S has remarks and the commitment provided mentors for Stepping he spoke of was also remarked Up participants from other on during recent visits by organisations and will also offer the Minister for Defence short-term project placements Procurement and the Chief for them to come and work with of the Defence Staff. This us. commitment was very evident Finally, I must mention our when I visited DVD, one of the employee Tim Hulton-Harrop, world’s leading land equipment whose incredible family story events. is featured in this edition. Tim’s DE&S had several excellent uncle was the first fighter pilot displays which attracted a lot to be killed in the Second World of attention, and I was proud War, and his father was shot to see our employees talking down shortly after, spending enthusiastically and with four years in a POW camp in By Sir Simon Bollom, CEO passion about their projects to Poland. His poignant account is everyone, including the Minister a tribute to all those who have for Defence Procurement Stuart given their lives serving their Andrew. country – we remember them. The Minister has visited several of our industry partners recently as he immerses himself in his portfolio, and has made various positive announcements, including ones around the Boxer and F-35 programmes. In addition, the Minister has praised the outstanding Defence Fulfilment Centre at MOD Donnington and seen for himself the crucial role Welsh firms are playing in Defence. You can read about all of these in this month’s edition of Desider, which has been celebrating milestones, as well as the achievements of our 3 Editor: Tom Morris - 9352 37888 or 0117 9137888 [email protected] Contributors: Laura Martin Plaza, Amy Marsh, Tom Knight, Emma Lancaster, Hannah Wood and Louise Allford Photography and Design: Andrew Linnett, Charlie Perham, Jack Eckersley, Beth Squire, Mark Hawke and Katherine Williams 14 Distribution Manager: Dick Naughton - 9352 34342 or 0117 9134342 [email protected] Advertising Manager: Edwin Rodrigues edwin.rodrigues@ noahsarkmedia.com +44 (0) 748 257 1535 Printing desider is distributed free to DE&S employees 18 and the equipment capability organisations. Copies may be sent to readers outside MOD, including in the defence industries and is published on the world wide web via GOV. UK. While the editor takes care to ensure all material produced is accurate, no liability can be accepted for errors or omissions. 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All editorial submissions must be cleared by the relevant MOD authorities. © Crown Copyright This magazine is produced on Cocoon Silk 100gsm which contains 50 per cent recycled and de-inked pulp from post consumer waste and Forest Stewardship Council certified material from well-managed forests. 20 4 desider October 2018 Feature Contents 06 Senior Leader DE&S People On the cover Comment – Director Min DP Stuart Andrew on a Boxer Financial Planning 16 First Person – Finance vehicle at DVD 2018 and Analysis David Business Partner Johnson to Director Land Photo by Jack Eckersley Equipment Sonya Ball News 28 60 Second Spotlight – Artillery Systems 12 Defence Minister engineering manager praises Defence Paul Ng Fulfilment Centre 29 DE&S People – DE&S 18 New cutting-edge employees help F-35 facility opened transform phone box 22 Final aircraft depth into toy library for local maintenance children completed on 32 Jobs – Desider’s latest Tornado recruitment pages and 24 DE&S champions benefits diversity with Stepping Up summit 26 Desider celebrates 10th birthday 27 Welsh industry visited by Defence minister Features 08 All the news from DVD 14 The amazing war story of the Hulton- Harrop family 20 DE&S A400M graduates visit the Falklands www.gov.uk/government/publications/desider-2018 Twitter: @DefenceES Facebook: @DefenceES LinkedIn: Defence Equipment & Support YouTube: DE&S 5 desider October 2018 Senior Leader Comment David Johnson, Director Financial Planning and Analysis, talks to Desider about improvements in finance, the priorities for the year ahead and his experience at DE&S eading into the final Hopefully, as we progress on One big item on the agenda is quarter of this year and our transformation journey, helping the front line commands looking back, it’s amazing we’ll continue to improve. One adapt to the new inventory Hhow much has happened this year of the biggest benefits we’ve seen I’m proud to control framework. In April 2019, and how much the organisation so far is the standardisation of they’ll take responsibility for the has achieved. our processes, which will make say that DE&S budgets for raw materials and At the start of 2018, I was acting it easier for staff ot take up has managed consumables. That’s a big change DG (Resources) while Michael assignments in different parts from the way things are currently Bradley stepped up as acting CEO. of DE&S as they know that to live within managed and we need to work It was a fascinating insight into the the processes used and reports its operating hard to help them make that Executive Committee’s roles and produced will be consistent. budget every transition. really brought home to me how But the biggest thing Also, the department as a demanding it is working at the underpinning our transformation year since whole is now looking at adopting highest levels in DE&S. journey for me is the balanced we became a functional leadership model In May 2018, I reverted back matrix. It’s a big cultural change similar to the one we’ve already to my role as Director Financial to switch our mindset from a bespoke embraced. As part of this, there is a Planning and Analysis, which thinking in terms of having a trading entity programme on finance functional essentially means I’m the deputy certain number of people that leadership which affects the whole Chief Finance Officer. Broadly “belong” to us, to thinking more of the MOD. I’m working with speaking, there are three main systematically about the work that DG Finance and the directors of parts to my role: managing the £1 needs doing and how many hours resources across the department to billion operating budget, helping we need to invest in achieving that. help take that forward. our customers manage their It’s inevitable that it’ll take time Whatever happens in future, Equipment Plan budgets (about £9 to really adapt to this approach, DE&S is never going to be able to billion a year), and managing the but eventually we’ll see a lot stand still. We’re part of a bigger Finance and Accounting Function. more flexibility in the way we’re picture in terms of the department I’m proud to say that DE&S working. and government, and the real has managed to live within its So what’s ahead for us in the world will continue to come up operating budget every year since next 12 months? By the nature with new challenges to face. But we became a bespoke trading of finance, there are those tasks we’re on the right path and we’ve entity. Last year, we were under which we have to do every year all got to keep pulling in the same budget, which was perfect. Not (living within the budget, getting direction. only does this show we have good the accounts right) and you can control, but our forecasting has never take those for granted.