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Defence Equipment and Support

British MOD's defence procurement arm
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Defence Equipment and Support

Summary

Defence Equipment and Support is a government agency[1]. It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • Defence Equipment and Support is located in Bristol[3].
  • Defence Equipment and Support is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Defence Equipment and Support's instance of is recorded as government agency[5].
  • Defence Equipment and Support's headquarters location is recorded as Bristol[6].
  • Defence Equipment and Support's child organization or unit is recorded as Directorate of Engineering and Safety[7].
  • Defence Equipment and Support's child organization or unit is recorded as Defence Electronics and Components Agency[8].
  • January 1, 2007 marks the founding of Defence Equipment and Support[9].
  • Defence Equipment and Support's parent organization or unit is recorded as Ministry of Defence[10].
  • Defence Equipment and Support's official website is recorded as https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/defence-equipment-and-support[11].
  • Defence Equipment and Support's official website is recorded as https://des.mod.uk/[12].
  • Defence Equipment and Support's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+12500'}[13].
  • Defence Equipment and Support's replaces is recorded as Defence Procurement Agency[14].
  • Defence Equipment and Support's replaces is recorded as Defence Logistics Organisation[15].
  • Defence Equipment and Support's replaces is recorded as Defence Support Group[16].
  • Defence Equipment and Support's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'DE&S'}[17].
  • Defence Equipment and Support's exact match is recorded as https://findthatcharity.uk/orgid/XI-ROR-00jztws02[18].

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Founding

January 1, 2007 marks the founding of Defence Equipment and Support[9].

Identity

Defence Equipment and Support's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'DE&S'}[17].

Operations

Defence Equipment and Support's headquarters location is recorded as Bristol[6]. Its parent organization or unit is recorded as Ministry of Defence[10]. Subsidiaries include Directorate of Engineering and Safety[7] and Defence Electronics and Components Agency[8], a government agency[19], in United Kingdom[20], founded in 2015[21].

Why It Matters

Defence Equipment and Support is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Related Entities

Bristol United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . gov.uk. gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . FindThatCharity.uk. Retrieved . findthatcharity.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [19] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Gwirex · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Library of congress authority id → nb2008016089
    Wikidata description → British MOD's defence procurement arm
    Country → United Kingdom
    Grid id → grid.494001.8
    + 24 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ [[Property:P856]]: https://des.mod.uk/"
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