DEFENCE INDUSTRY NORTHWEST ENGLAND
elcome to the Defence
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Industry Northwest England
CONFERENCE
The Northwest’s key role in delivering
equipment for the armed forces
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Terry Waiting, Conference Chairman
Chairman, Keep Our Future Afloat Campaign
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BRITISH DEFENCE & SECURITY POLICY:
THE MARITIME CONTRIBUTION
Dr Lee Willet
Head of Maritime Studies, Royal United Services Institute
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Dave Harrison
Director of Partnerships, NWRDA
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The Northwest’s Defence industry is resilient
The Aerospace sectors importance
Barrow and Furness and naval shipbuilding
NWDA’s role in supporting the defence industrial base
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NW DEFENCE INDUSTRY
Defence in the region supports 17,000 jobs and 40,000
more in supply chain
13% of UK’s defence manufacturing is based in the region
Major manufacturing facilities in Warton, Samlesbury,
Barrow, Birkenhead
Key MOD jobs are based in the region
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AEROSPACE
History
Current activity
Joint working
Other connections
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BARROW AND FURNESS
BAE SYSTEMS Submarine Solutions and
BAE Land Systems
Astute submarine programme
Trident Replacement – the Successor Submarine
Current challenges & opportunities
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NWRDA’S ROLE
Relationship management
Investment
Leadership
The Future
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THE POTENTIAL OF BARROW SHIPYARD
AND ISSUES FACING THE INDUSTRY
Murray Easton
Managing Director, BAE SYSTEMS Submarine Solutions
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A BRUSSELS PERSPECTIVE
Brian Simpson MEP
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A WESTMINSTER PERSPECTIVE
The Hon Lindsay Hoyle MP for Chorley
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THE TRADE UNION VIEW
Kevin Coyne Regional Secretary, UNITE
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THE TRADE UNION VIEW
Tom Brennan
Regional Secretary Northern Region, GMB
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BAE SYSTEMS IN THE AIR SECTOR
Kevin Taylor
Managing Director – Military Air Solutions
A Through-Life Portfolio
Future
Concepts
Concept
SUAV(E)
Unmanned
Air Vehicles
Assessment
Fast Jet
Training
Solutions
F-35
Lightning II
Nimrod
MRA4
Demonstration
Hawk
Advanced
Jet Trainer
Typhoon
Manufacture,
migration and
initial service
Hawk TMk1
VC10
Tornado
GR4
Tornado F3
E-3D
Sentry
Nimrod
MR2
Harrier
T-45
Goshawk
In service support
Jaguar
Transition
to out of
service
Military Air Solutions - Footprint
MAS in the NW
•Headquartered in Warton
•Total number of
employees: 12,900
BAE Systems’ economic importance to the North West
– The North West is by far the most important region for BAE
Systems in the UK, accounting for about half of its 35,000 UK
employees
– These include 9,300 skilled technical jobs, and 6,000 managerial
and professional jobs
– For every 10 jobs directly supported by BAE Systems in the NW
another 13 are created in the supply chain
– More suppliers in the North West (1,200) than any other region
Source : The Economic Contribution of BAE Systems to the UK in
2006, Oxford Economics/Geo Economics, April 2008
MAS mission
“Working as an integral part of
the team delivering effective air
power, our aim is to give real
advantage to the men and women
of our Customers’ armed forces.
Trusted to deliver - always.”
The MAS team
MAS Through-Life Approach
Approx 1,500 people on RAF bases focusing
on the customer’s immediate needs
Approx 14,500
(predominately in
the NW) providing
core capability
Approx 1,000
People focussed
on the customers’
long term needs
The UK Environment – our needs
– Strategic Dialogue and Joint Planning to optimise efficient
supply of capability
– A partnering relationship that enables optimum behaviour
and mutual benefit
– Sustainment of industrial capabilities and capacity to provide
responsive support to the front line and to underpin exports
– Recognition of the role defence plays in the sustainment of
UK/foreign relations and the UK economy
Partnering in action
Harrier - £44m cost savings. 11 extra aircraft available to the frontline.
Tornado - Saving of £500m over 10 years. Reduced workload maintenance
hours by 50%.
Hawk - Exceeding 95% Dispatch Reliability, saving 10% of cost
Nimrod MR2 - 40% Increase in Aircraft Availability, 8% Cost Reduction
VC10 - costs reduced by 20% and increased availability
Typhoon - entry into service and QRA deployment
UOR Support to current operations
Investment in technology
Investment & consolidation of footprint
Building work at RAF Marham - increased MAS presence on base
Proposed mixed use development on periphery of Warton site
- 19 acres of disused land
Samlesbury site development - expansion of manufacturing, engineering and office space
Investment in skills
– In 2008
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1,000 new recruits
135 graduates & apprentices joined the team
£9.5 million spent on learning & development
133 Association of Project Management passes in 2008
UK Opportunities & Challenges
– Establish a mutually beneficial long-term
partnering agreement with the UK Customer
– Typhoon Tranche 3
– Deliver Saudi contract
– Develop our UAV capabilities (Taranis & Mantis)
– F35
– Production ramp up
– Tech Transfer
– UK commitment
– Nimrod MRA 4 and Woodford site
International Opportunities & Challenges
Combat Aircraft
– Addressable market large – up to 900 aircraft (c £90Bn through-life
value)
– US competitors either ageing (e.g. F-15/18) or currently not available
(e.g. F-22)
– F-35 and Typhoon capable of dominating the sector
Unmanned Air Systems (UAS)
– Sector with greatest long-term growth potential
– Product differentiation and time to market key
– Opportunity for UK to continue a lead position in Aerospace
Summary
– We and our supply chain play an unique role in supporting the
UK’s Armed Forces
– We support UK operations in terms of industrial responsiveness
and self-determination for operational capability.
– It is essential that we secure Tranche 3
– A UAV programme will prepare us for future requirements and a
leading aerospace position
– The decisions we make now will determine future success in the
export markets
The Development of the Regional Aerospace
Supply Chain
Martin Wright, CEO
North West Aerospace Alliance
Capability across
20 companies
Benchmarked
Average Tier
1
Average Tier
2
Average
Multi Tier
Suppliers
The Development of a Knowledge Based Regional Cluster
Carbon cluster
UK
TI
International
support
Regional
Composites
Strategy
Composites
Test
Facility
Low
Cost
Sources
NWCC
BAE
Systems
Shared
services
Airbus
Industrie
Rolls
Royce
FE
Provision
Other
Common language
Universities
Common values
Common vision
Daresbury
Technology
Centre
Virtual
Engineering
Centre
Supply
Chain, skills
capacity
planning
UAV’s - New Supply Chains
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Rt Hon John Hutton MP
Secretary of State for Defence
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ANY QUESTIONS?
Session chaired by Terry Waiting,
Chairman KOFAC