Defence Support Group

Philip Dunne MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

Agency executive

Archie Hughes, Chief executive

Parent agencyMinistry of DefenceWebsitewww.dsg.mod.uk

The Defence Support Group (DSG) was an executive agency and wholly owned trading fund of the Ministry of Defence in the United Kingdom. It was established on 1 April 2008 by the merger of the Defence Aviation Repair Agency and the Army Base Repair Organisation.^[1] It was created under The Defence Support Group Trading Fund Order 2008.^[2] Part of the group was sold to Babcock International on 31 March 2015, while the remainder became the Defence Electronics and Components Agency (DECA) on 1 April 2015.

History

DSG employed about 3,500 staff,^[when?] with its head office in Andover. Annual turnover was in excess of £200 million.^[when?] The chief executive was Archie Hughes, formerly from the Defence Aviation Repair Agency.

DSG offered maintenance, repair and overhaul of military air and land equipment, mobile and in-barracks equipment support, fleet management, calibration, electronics, components and logistic support. It was one of the largest defence engineering service providers in the UK.

DSG undertook a partnership with both Deeside College and Airbus UK to train its aeronautical engineers based at RAF Sealand.^[when?]

Sale

In October 2010 the government announced that DSG was to be sold off,^[3] along with other corporate assets, telecommunications spectrum and Marchwood Military Port.

In November 2014, Babcock International was announced as the preferred buyer of DSG's land repair and maintenance business, and a sale for £140 million was reached in December 2014.^[4] The sale was completed on 1 April 2015.

The remaining air division and the Electronics and Components business unit remained under MOD ownership, and on 1 April 2015 became the Defence Electronics and Components Agency.^[5]

Installations

The main sites were:

Ashchurch
Bovington
Catterick
Colchester
Donnington
Sealand
St Athan
Stafford
Stirling
Warminster

Smaller support sites were:

References

^ "DARA-ABRO Merger announcement". Archived from the original on 1 February 2008. Retrieved 20 March 2008.
^ The Defence Support Group Trading Fund Order 2008
^ "Spending Review 2010 - The Ministry of Defence". Archived from the original on 8 March 2012. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
^ "UK MoD Sells DSG to Babcock". Defense News. 17 December 2014.
^ "Buyer chosen for MoD's Defence Support Group". BBC News. 19 November 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2014.

External links

Official website
Deeside College Press Release^{[permanent dead link]}

Ministry of Defence

Headquarters: Main Building, Whitehall

Armed Forces

Defence Council

Political	Secretary of State for Defence Minister of State for the Armed Forces Minister of State for Defence Procurement Minister of State for Defence (House of Lords) Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence People, Veterans and Service Families
Military	Chief of the Defence Staff Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff Chief of the Naval Staff and First Sea Lord Chief of the General Staff Chief of the Air Staff Commander Strategic Command Chief of Defence People
Civil Service	Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Defence Chief Scientific Adviser Director-General Finance Director-General Head Office and Commissioning Services Director-General Nuclear Director-General Security Policy Lead Non-Executive Board Member Non-Executive Defence Board Member and Chair of the People Committee Non-Executive Defence Board Member and Chair of the Defence Audit Committee Non-Executive Defence Board Member and Chair of the Defence Equipment and Support Board