Commitment to the DIS

  • This is a General Dynamics ‘One Team’ effort. As an
    existing MoD supplier and prime contractor, General
    Dynamics will bring to the programme an established,
    accountable and successful UK organisation with
    extensive onshore resources backed by a committed
    $27bn global group. Clear lines of accountability
    exist, which are designed to enhance responsiveness
    and promote the effective management of risk
  • We have established a Joint Programme Office in
    the UK in Bristol to support the FRES acquisition
    by providing the focal point for its FRES partnering
    activities with the MoD and industry
  • We recognise the requirement for a self-sustaining
    UK industrial base for through-life capability
    management and mission growth capability for FRES.
    General Dynamics UK will invest in its people and
    systems engineering to deliver the through-life promise
  • We will enable the transfer to UK of Design Authority
    and manufacture for FRES where it represents the
    best value for money to the MoD or it is required for
    reasons of sovereignty
  • As PIRANHA V is an evolution of a European
    design, it will be free from US ITAR restrictions We
    can therefore deliver an ITAR-free platform leveraging
    significant off-shore technology expertise that will
    benefit the UK industrial base
  • There are no issues with IP transfer between and
    among General Dynamics companies. General
    Dynamics UK will have full and complete rights to all
    necessary IPR for the PIRANHA V
  • PIRANHA V will be manufactured, assembled and
    tested in the UK. We are examining a range of
    options within the UK for manufacture and assembly,
    encompassing both existing and new facilities. Our
    aim is to provide the MoD and the FRES alliance with
    the flexibility to place work within the UK where it is
    most economically and/or strategically advantageous to
    do so
  • General Dynamics has an existing UK supply chain,
    which we will sustain and enhance during the FRES
    programme. We have already identified 270 potential
    UK suppliers, with 25 per cent being SMEs We will
    embrace competition at all levels which, together with
    value for money, will be at the heart of our delivery
    programme
  • It is in culture to work collaboratively, empowering,
    incentivising and harnessing UK industry for the benefit
    of our Armed Forces


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