Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S)

Check out some of our favourite photos from Defence Imagery so far this year... Defence Imagery is the Ministry of Defence imagery database showcasing the work of our armed forces at home and aboard, including equipment proudly procured by DE&S, captured by talented photographers and videographers across Defence. 👏 Let us know your favourite in the comments below.

Did you hear? 👇 Nominations for the UK Ministry of Defence Quality Awards 2024 are now open. These awards celebrate success, reward, and recognise those who have delivered significant business benefits and improvements through a quality approach. This is open to all service and civilian personnel, the MOD and Industry in all professions, not just Quality. It’s also open to MOD suppliers, including prime contractors, their suppliers and small to medium enterprises. ⏰ Nominations close on 31 July 2024. Find out how to nominate: https://ow.ly/VL3r50SgSOh These awards are sponsored by CQI | The Chartered Quality Institute.

On #ArmedForcesDay, we honour the brave service personnel who have dedicated their lives to serving and protecting our country. Their sacrifices and selflessness are inspirational and their efforts don’t go unnoticed. From everyone here at DE&S, thank you for your service. 🇬🇧 #SaluteOurForces

It’s the second anniversary of the UK-led training programme, Operation Interflex, which prepares Ukrainian recruits for the battlefield. We continue to deliver vast amounts of kit, including tens of thousands of items of military clothing, for Ukrainian recruits to undertake this training and take back to the frontlines. We’ve also helped Ukraine to accelerate deployments, rebuild their forces, and scale-up resistance as they continue to defend their nation’s sovereignty against Russian invaders. #StandWithUkraine

💡 Did you know we have a unique blend of military and civilian expertise? #FactFriday Of over 12,500 talented DE&S staff across more than 150 locations, 1024 are military personnel, and 618 are based at our headquarters in Bristol. Military skills and experiences are extremely valuable to our organisation to help us deliver the best service possible to our armed forces. 🤝 #ArmedForcesWeek

We’re honouring and celebrating our reservists and recognising the valuable skills and expertise they bring to our organisation. #ReservesDay Meet Will, an explosive engineer and reservist at DE&S. Hear about his experience within the 131 Commando Squadron, Royal Engineers. 👇 DE&S proudly supports the reserves and offers our employees 15 days of paid special leave a year to undertake reserve duties. #ArmedForcesWeek

Today, on #ReservesDay, we are delighted to announce that His Majesty The King has appointed our CEO, Andy Start, as the Reserves Forces Honorary Colonel of 106th (Yeomanry) Regiment Royal Artillery.   The 106th (Yeomanry) Regiment Royal Artillery is the British Army’s only reserve anti-aircraft warfare regiment. Situated in London, Portsmouth and Southampton, the Regiment specialises in delivering vital close support air defence to the UK’s manoeuvre forces, providing protection to critical assets from a range of airborne threats.   As an Honorary Colonel, Andy will support the Regiment’s leadership teams. Andy is no stranger to the work of reserves, with DE&S and its sister organisation, the Submarine Delivery Agency (SDA), having grown their Reserve Network by 25% in the last year alone. Watch his video to see what he has to say about this exciting announcement. #ArmedForcesWeek #AFW24

What a way to kick start #ArmedForcesWeek with a flypast spectacular from The Red Arrows over Jordanstown, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. 🙌 💡Did you know? The Red Arrows are celebrating their 60th anniversary this year.

This #ArmedForcesWeek, we thank all military personnel – past and present – for their service and sacrifices to protect our country. 🇬🇧 We are proud to equip and support our soldiers, sailors, aviators, and all our armed forces at home and abroad. #AFW24

In celebration of International Women in Engineering Day today, we are proud to announce that our colleague, Dr Dawn Gilbert, has been named Defence Civilian Engineer of the Year 2024 in the Worshipful Company of Engineers Awards. 🌟 As the Lead Engineer for the Space-Based Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (SB-ISR) Programme within our Space Delivery Team, Dawn is responsible for the engineering delivery of a £970M ten-year Programme, providing Defence with a constellation of state-of-the-art satellites and ground infrastructure. Dawn won the award because she 'provides inspirational leadership across a disparate enterprise, corralling effort across: military personnel in UK Space Command; defence industry; engineers and project staff; scientists, and external consultants. The application of her outstanding engineering judgement and technical acumen has resulted in the Programme being able to articulate robust requirement sets that industry can respond to.' Dawn was delighted to win. When asked if she has any advice on how those already working in the industry can help inspire younger generations to pursue a career in science, technology, engineering or maths, she said 🗣: "Lead by example and move with the times. Create, through your own actions, the kind of work environment that the next generation would want to enter - and the current generation would want to stay in." Congratulations Dawn! #INWED24