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Babcock wins DE&S contract for inflatable boats

Maritime March 19, 2020

Babcock International, in partnership with Wing Inflatables Inc., has secured a five-year contract to provide more than 200 inflatable boats to the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD), Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) Boat Support Team for Royal Navy, Royal Marines and Dive teams. This follows the recent award of the Boat ...

DE&S charts progress with release of its Annual Report

Land February 4, 2020

Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) has released its annual report and accounts for 2018 to 2019 analysing the Department’s performance as it progresses with the DE&S@21 Improvement Plan. DE&S, now in its fifth year operating as a Bespoke Trading Entity (BTE) and Arm’s Length Body of the Ministry of Defence, manages ...

Babcock secures contract to provide small boat support to the MOD

Maritime September 18, 2019

Boat manufacturer Babcock has secured a contract to provide small boat support to the MOD including maintenance and repair. Under the new contract, Babcock will provide small boat support to the Royal Marines, Royal Navy, and MOD Police for six and a half years. The company will work on reliability monitoring, ...

British Army launches Army Warfighting Experiment with DE&S

Land September 16, 2019

The British Army, in partnership with DE&S, has launched the latest Army Warfighting Experiment to test new technology. The ongoing Army Warfighting Experiment (AWE) has been launched again by the British Army in partnership with Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S) to try out new technology and provide feedback on equipment. New ...