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HMS Daring Reports for Duty Sep 10 Issue 28 desthe magazine for defenceider equipment and support HMS Daring reports for duty Defence Secretary outlines the scope of MOD reform See inside X-ray vision Latest Lynx Jackal makes All change Catcatchers on the front line is hot stuff another splash at JSCS of Clyde LA (Phot) Martin Carney NEWS 5 4 Watching like a (Desert) Hawk Upgraded Desert Hawks, the hand-launched, remote-controlled surveillance aircraft, have been delivered to the Afghanistan front line. 6 More Tornados for the front line Two more RAF GR4 Tornado aircraft have been sent to Afghanistan. They will boost flying hours by 20 per cent, or an extra 130 flying hours a month. 8 More carrier contracts signed Four more contracts have been signed with seven 2010 suppliers across the UK who will provide vital services and parts for the new aircraft carriers. SEP 10 Technology timeline is announced The Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology has trailed the MOD’s new industry and technology policy. 10 First pan-MOD IT system live in theatre Eracent, the MOD’s first pan-defence asset management capability for network connected systems, is going operational. 12 Jackal praised again More praise has been heaped on the Jackal patrol vehicle and the DE&S and industry teams that produced it, this time from an officer back from the cover image front line . HMS Daring has formally been declared ready for service 14 New techniques help submarine work with the Royal Navy. The Type 45 destroyer has passed all her An alternative to replacment of corroded sea tubes various tests with flying colours, and achieved her in-service on Vanguard class submarines has been applied to date while hosting thousands of visitors during Portsmouth’s HMS Vigilant during her latest maintenance period. Navy Days early last month. FEATURES 18 Formula 1 to put drive into saving lives Technology currently used in Formula 1 cars could soon be helping UK troops on the front line, thanks to a brace of contracts awarded to Cosworth, a leading Formula 1 engine supplier. 19 Programme approach to capability The MOD has planned and managed military capabilities along equipment project lines. Defence needs capability based on a programme approach, a major step forward in managing equipment and people on a through-life basis. 22 The next generation Harrier The GR9 upgrade is nearing completion which will mean the aircraft has moved to a single standard of software. The next enhancement programme to allow even closer working with UK allies is already in the pipeline. 24 Lynx 9A goes hot and high in Afghanistan The Lynx 9A upgraded helicopter has shown its versatility only months after arriving on the front line. Users are already praising its wide-ranging capabilities to take the fight to the enemy. 26 The full six yards! The sixth yard to be involved in building the UK’s two aircraft carriers has now begun construction. Work has started on a bulkhead from one part of the first carrier at Cammell Laird on the Mersey. The yard joins others in being involved in a project which is employing up to 10,000 people in the shipbuilding industry and its support chain. Insider SUPPORT TO OPERATIONS General Sir Kevin 29 Contract improves efficiency An extended deal for refurbishment of O’Donoghue ammunition containers and munitions packaging will save the MOD money. Chief of Defence Materiel 31 DSDA becomes JSCS The Defence Storage and Distribution Agency ‘On current plans we expect to know has become Joint Support Chain Services, more on the outcomes of the Strategic a single provider structure for delivering services and capabilities. Defence and Security Review around the end of October. ’ PEOPLE NEWS 35 Safe hours mean charity cash In his speech on 13 August the aircraft, saving both time and money Money has gone to charity to mark safe Secretary of State laid out the when compared with either the pure working hours at a new Clyde jetty. fundamental principles under surface or air routes. which the SDSR is being carried Outside Operation Herrick, 36 Out of Africa out and announced the strategy DSCOM has tasked two C-17 aircraft DE&S staff develop adventure training and for reforming the Ministry of in support of the Department for leadership skills while away in Namibia Defence. A Defence Reform Unit International Development-led is being established to lead in the efforts to assist the Pakistani reorganisation of the Ministry of authorities following the recent Defence into three ‘strategic pillars’. flooding, and more than 75 tonnes of one of which will be Procurement humanitarian aid, tents and medical desider and Estates. The Secretary of State supplies have been flown to Pakistan Assistant Head, Public Relations: also explained that he wanted a as at the time of writing. Ralph Dunn - 9352 30257 or 01179 130257 cultural shift which will see a leaner At sea, DE&S personnel from [email protected] and less centralised organisation the Fleet Support Unit (FSU) have combined with devolved processes exercised their conflict role by Deputy Editor: which carry greater accountability embarking in RFA Lyme Bay to Steve Moore - 9355 68719 or 01225 468719 and transparency (see pages 16-17). provide immediate engineering [email protected] While these statements set a advice and support to four RN MCM vision for the future I recognise that vessels thereby ensuring that they Distribution Manager: at this stage they will not provide remain on task in the Gulf. RFA Dick Naughton - 9352 34342 or 0117 9134342 you with the important detail of Diligence is also on station in the [email protected] what it may mean for you personally. region and her secondary role of On current plans we expect to providing operational maintenance Design support: know more on the outcomes of the and repair to deployed units has Mark Hawke - 9355 68669 or 01225 468669 SDSR around the end of October. also been re-established by DE&S [email protected] The Departmental Reform work is personnel from NP1600. planned to run through much of 2011 On the equipment front, the Advertising: although I would expect that we will Royal Navy is benefiting from new Anthon Linton – Ten Alps Publishing, 1 New Oxford start to see the new business model equipment entering service. The Street, High Holborn, London WC1A 1NU Tel: 020 7657 for defence firming up sooner rather attack submarine HMS Astute was 1828 than later during that period. placed on contract in early 1997 and [email protected] In the meantime our primary Type 45 Destroyer HMS Daring in focus remains support to current 2000. Since then our project teams Printing: operations, where recent and their partners in industry have developments have included the worked hard to overcome many dispatch of two additional Tornado very difficult challenges. I am very GR4 aircraft deployed from the UK pleased that the lead vessels in both to join the eight Tornados already programmes are now being accepted provided to support the multinational into service by the Royal Navy, with desider is distributed free of charge to DE&S employees force and increase flying hours by a ceremony to mark HMS Astute’s and the equipment capability sponsor. Copies can also around a quarter. acceptance due as desider went to be made available to readers outside the MOD, including Defence Support Chain press. those in the defence industries. While the editorial team Operations and Movements (DSCOM) Finally, 1 August saw the stand- takes care to ensure all material produced is accurate, continues to provide sterling support up of Joint Support Chain Services, no liability can be accepted for errors or omissions. to all three services deployed bringing together the services and Views expressed in desider, and the products and services advertised, are not necessarily endorsed by around the globe. In the last month capabilities previously provided DE&S or the MOD. alone, more than 4,700 personnel by DSDA, British Force Post Office have been moved in and out of (BFPO) and the Disposal Services © Crown Copyright Afghanistan using both military and Authority (DSA) into a single chartered air transport. In addition, business unit. The new organisation This magazine is produced on more than 1,400 tonnes of equipment will continue to deliver the highest Cocoon 50 Silk which contains (including helicopters) have been levels of service and support to 50 per cent recycled and de- flown into theatre by military and our Armed Forces and will enable inked pulp from post consumer chartered freight aircraft, while further streamlining of activities waste and Forest Stewardship Council certified material from another 370 tonnes have taken the within the Future Defence Storage well-managed forests. Please recycle innovative ‘Sail-Fly’ route utilising and Distribution Programme ( see this magazine the Defence Ro-Ros and chartered page 30). 4 news Navy hands Astute a Watching over the enemy warm welcome – like a Desert Hawk HMS Astute has been welcomed into the Royal Navy. As desider went to press Astute officially became 'Her Majesty's Ship'. First Sea Lord, Admiral Sir Mark Stanhope, said: “The Astute class is truly next generation – a highly versatile platform capable of contributing across a broad spectrum of maritime operations Eye in the sky: Desert Hawk around the globe. A is launched in the desert, left, highly complex feat while controlled by a soldier on of naval engineering, the ground, above she is at the very cutting edge of technology, with a suite of sensors and weapons required Troops in Afghanistan are Report: Tim Foreman essential in delivering highly to pack a powerful being watched over by upgraded flexible and responsive punch.
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