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Purpose and Role of Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S)

Mission

The mission of DE&S is:

‘To equip and support our Armed Forces for operations now and in the future.’

What is the Role of DE&S ?

To achieve its mission, DE&S carries out the following roles:

Provide timely and reliable operational logistics and equipment support.
Manage a portfolio of complex projects and associated support network, on the basis of accurate forecasts and a through-life approach.
Manage the commercial interface with the defence industrial supply chain, end-to-end.
Effective financial management.
Introduction of new technology to aid innovation and reduce risk, through-life.
Provide safety, environmental and technical assurance.
Manage our people including identifying skills, staff development and retention, performance management and staff deployment.

DE&S is a key member of the MOD Unified Customer.

DE&S delivers equipment, services and support to the User funded by the Capability Sponsor.

Contacts

Defence Equipment and Support

Owner

Post
DE&S Head of Secretariat and Communications

Point of Contact

Post	Email	Phone
DES-Sec-Asst Hd-Gov-Brd-Supp	DESSEC-GOVBDSPT-ASSTHD@mod.uk	Mil: 9355 67045 Civ: +44 (0) 1225 467045

Change History

The AOF has been updated to Version 2.0.0 on 1st April 2008 following the introduction of the main content in the tactical layer. In addition small changes have been added to the Operational layer. Individual document Change History pages will detail any changes other than minor editorial amendments.

1 October 2009: Minor amendments made for Plain English review.
1 August 2009: Contact details updated to reflect DE&S changes to post titles.
1 June 2009: Contact details updated.
1 March 2008: Contact details amended due to change of personnel and DII migration.
1 October 2007: Owner and Point of Contact information updated.
1 July 2007: Point Of Contact information updated.
1 June 2007: Contact names deleted due to IAW DDefSy Hd InfoSy Pol advice with regards to potential Security and Data Protection Act issues.