UK, South Africa collaborating on military asset disposal
27 May 2021
by Charles Forrester
The United Kingdom is collaborating with South African defence procurement agency Armscor to help facilitate the disposal of UK military equipment to potential customers in Africa.
Under a Framework Agreement signed in 2020, the UK s Defence Equipment Sales Authority (DESA) will be able to leverage the commercial footprint of Armscor s Defence Disposal Solutions to access potential new markets on the African continent.
The UK is collaborating with South Africa s Armscor for managing potential disposal of UK assets, including the C-130J. (Janes/Patrick Allen)
Sales to potential customers would be on a UK Government to Armscor to African Government or UK Government to African Government basis. Upgrade and after-sales support activities such as repairs and maintenance are offered by Armscor as part of the agreement. It is understood that any sales through the framework agreement would still
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Armscor.
Combat proven defence equipment and materiel from the United Kingdom (UK) has a new window into Africa thanks to a framework agreement entered into between the UK Defence Equipment Sales Authority (DESA) and the disposal solutions component of Armscor.
DDS (Defence Disposal Solutions) is, according to Armscor, a division of the state-owned defence and security acquisition agency responsible for selling excess and obsolete defence materiel on behalf of the Department of Defence (DoD), “to the best advantage of the state”. Stock includes aircraft, spares, vessels, land and/or air-based equipment and ammunition larger than 12.7 mm.
Britain has one last contract for its Sentinel spy planes: Breaking them up December 22, 2020
An R1 Sentinel aircraft at RAF Waddington. The British Defense Ministry announced in late 2020 that it is looking for a contractor to strip the planes for parts. (Sgt. Nik Howe/British Defence Ministry) LONDON The British Royal Air Force’s fleet of Sentinel battlefield and ground surveillance jets are officially heading for the scrapyard after the Ministry of Defence released a notice Dec. 22 seeking a company to break up the aircraft for spares. The Defence Equipment Sales Authority, the arm of the MoD responsible for disposing of surplus equipment, said it was looking for companies interested in stripping five Sentinel R1 aircraft and two Sentry E-3D airborne early warning aircraft for spares and dismantling what remains.
By Craig Hoyle2020-12-22T17:12:00+00:00
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) is offering seven of the Royal Air Force’s (RAF’s) surplus intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft for disposal via its Defence Equipment Sales Authority (DESA), having ruled out their suitability for use by another operator.
On offer are a pair of retired Boeing E-3D Sentry airborne warning and control system (AWACS) airframes and all five of the RAF’s Bombardier Global Express-derived Sentinel R1 ground surveillance aircraft. The latter type is scheduled to be retired from service by the end of March 2021.
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Global Express-derived Sentinel R1 airframes will be scrapped after March 2021 retirement
Details
The Defence Equipment Sales Authority (
DESA) is inviting expressions of interest from Companies interested in being considered for receiving an Invitation to Tender (
ITT) in respect of the proposed sale of the aircraft for stripping so to harvest all reusable parts for potential resale, recycling or disposal and final dismantling and removal of the remaining platforms. Note these aircraft are not for reuse.
The aircraft available are as follows:
5 x Sentinel Aircraft & a significant number of associated inventory spares and Ground Support Equipment.
2 x Sentry aircraft and associated inventory spares
The aircraft’s may be held at different UK locations including Waddington and it is anticipated that all work will be required to be undertaken at site.