Defence Procurement Agency
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The Defence Procurement Agency (DPA), was an Executive Agency of the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence responsible for the acquisition of materiel, equipment and services, for the British armed forces. Its headquarters was located in Bristol and it shared its site with the Director General Logistics (Fleet)-DGLog(Fleet)- element of the Defence Logistics Organisation.
As of April 1, 2007 the DPA was merged with the DLO o form a new organisation called Defence Equipment & Support.
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[edit] History
The Defence Procurement Agency was established on April 1, 1999, after the announcement in the Strategic Defence Review of a specialised agency to succeed the Procurement Executive.
At the time of creation of DE&S, the DPA was headed by the Chief Executive, Sir Peter Spencer, who also held the title Chief of Defence Procurement. The Minister for Defence Procurement was Lord Drayson.
[edit] Major projects
The Defence Procurement Agency managed a variety of procurement projects. Examples of current and future procurement projects included:
[edit] Vessels
- Type 45 destroyer class.
- Astute submarine class.
- Albion landing platform dock class.
- Bay landing ship dock class.
- Future Aircraft Carrier class.
- Future Surface Combatant warship class.
[edit] Aircraft
- Eurofighter Typhoon fighter aircraft.
- F-35 Joint Strike Fighter fighter aircraft.
- Nimrod MRA4 maritime patrol aircraft.
- A400M transport aircraft.
- C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft.
- Raytheon Sentinel Airborne Stand-Off Radar (ASTOR).
- Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft (FSTA)/Airbus A330 MRTT aerial refueling tanker.
- Apache MkI attack helicopter.
- Merlin HC3 support and Merlin HM1 anti-submarine warfare helicopters.
- Hawk 128 advanced jet trainer.
- Watchkeeper Unmanned Aerial Vehicle.
- Future Offensive Air System.
[edit] Vehicles
- Future Rapid Effect System medium weight vehicle family.
- Panther Command and Liaison Vehicle.
- Viking armoured personnel carrier.
[edit] Munitions
- AIM-132 ASRAAM (air-to-air missile).
- Meteor air-to-air missile.
- Storm Shadow cruise missile.
- Brimstone air-launched anti-tank guided missile.
- FGM-148 Javelin anti-tank guided missile.
- Main Battle Tank and Light Armour Weapon (MBT LAW) anti-tank missile.
[edit] Other
- Future Integrated Soldier Technology modular infantry equipment system.
- Bowman tactical communications system.
- Skynet 5 strategic communications satellite system.
