DE&S has awarded a £90M contract to Supacat for 70 High Mobility Truck Variant (HMTV) Mk 2 Extenda platforms. On completion of validation trials this procurement will result in an uplift of 69 vehicles to the HMTV fleet. These platforms offer increased flexibility to Defence and due to their modular design ...
DE&S has procured new uncrewed aerial technology for the Royal Navy to find and track surface contacts of interest to enable freedom of navigation and good order at sea. Powerful surveillance sensors from Thales will be fitted to an S-100 uncrewed air system provided by Schiebel, as part of a c£20m ...
Official DPRTE 23 media partner, Defence Online, recently spoke to Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) CEO, Andy Start, about his start in the role and his hopes for the upcoming highly-anticipated defence procurement event. You’ve been in your role as DE&S CEO just over six months now, what have been the ...
Maritime patrol aircraft searching for hostile submarines in UK waters are celebrating three years since their arrival in the UK. The first of nine Poseidon aircraft procured for the Royal Air Force (RAF) by Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) through a Foreign Military Sale with the United States arrived in the ...