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Defence Equipment and Support

Defence Equipment and Support
Agency overview
Formed2 April 2007
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
HeadquartersMoD Abbey Wood, Bristol, England
51°30′12″N 2°33′33″W / 51.5033°N 2.55917°W / 51.5033; -2.55917
Minister responsible
Parent agencyMinistry of Defence

Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) is a trading entity and joint-defence organisation within the UK Ministry of Defence. It began operating on 2 April 2007, following the merger of the MoD's Defence Procurement Agency and the Defence Logistics Organisation, under the Chief Executive Officer of Defence Equipment and Support.[1]

DE&S initially had a civilian and military workforce of around 29,000 (77 per cent civilian and 23 per cent military) in the UK and abroad. By 2022, the DE&S workforce had reduced to around 11,500[2] with the majority based at MoD Abbey Wood in Bristol.[3]

  1. ^ This article contains OGL licensed text This article incorporates text published under the British Open Government Licence: "Defence Equipment and Support Corporate Plan 2016 – 2019" (PDF). www.gov.uk. MOD UK, p.3. 2015. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  2. ^ "DE&S 2022–2025 Corporate Plan" (PDF). GOV.UK. p. 5.
  3. ^ "Filton Abbey Wood: Crocodile and missile rumours at 'UK Pentagon'". BBC News. 19 July 2021. Retrieved 21 October 2022.

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معدات الدفاع والدعم Arabic Defence Equipment and Support NB

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