Defence Procurement Agency (Isselmere-Nieland)
The Defence Procurement Agency (DPA) is a department within the Ministry of Defence responsible for the examination, acquisition, adoption, and inspection of goods and services for the United Kingdom of Isselmere-Nieland Defence Forces.
Organisation
The DPA is administered by a minister of State, a senior member of government ranking beneath a minister.
The DPA is organised into four directorates-general (DG), each supervised by a director-general: the Directorate-General for Air, the Directorate-General for Land Systems, the Directorate-General for Naval Systems, and the Directorate-General for Space.
DPA numbers
DPA numbers were introduced in 1957 to cover all forms of guided weapons. Strangely, extended range guided munitions (ERGM) for heavy artillery pieces are not included within the DPA numbers, but instead are listed under INO numbers.
DPA numbers comprise of a three or four letter prefix — GWS for guided weapon system and GWLS for guided weapon launcher system — followed by the model number in Roman numerals. After the model number comes the launch environment indicator, which is typically the same as that employed by the UKINDF Uniform Systems Designation Scheme (USDS). Next comes the mark number in Roman numerals. This might be followed by a modification indicator, a miniscule letter. For example:
meaning, Guided Weapon System number 41, Surface ship version, Mark 2, 2nd modification. In the UKINDF system, this same device is classified as MUM.41B2 for Surface ship version, Underwater attack missile, Model 41, Version B, Modification 2.
New DPA numbers are usually given to systems that are significant different from their predecessors. Mark numbers indicate slight modifications to the existing system, which is corollary to the version indicator in the USDS. Unfortunately, sometimes what the DPA justly considers a modification the UKINDF rightly considers a version. Case in point:
To reduce this confusion, DPA modification indicators typically correlate with the USDS version indicators.
1-20
- GWS.1 Bloodhound surface-to-air missile (SAM)
- GWS.2 Sea Cat naval SAM
- GWS.3 Sidewinder air-to-air missile (AAM)
- GWS.4 Sparrow AAM and Sea Sparrow SAM
- GWS.5 Terrier naval SAM
- GWS.6 SS.12 and AS.12 anti-tank guided missile (ATGM)
- GWS.7 Mark 37 heavyweight torpedo (HWT)
- GWS.8 Hawk SAM
- GWS.9 Mark 46 lightweight torpedo (LWT)
- GWS.10 TOW ATGM, formerly for the Polaris A3 submarine launched ballistic missile (SLBM)[1]
- GWS.11 Standard (RIM-66) naval SAM
- GWS.12 Shrike anti-radiation missile (ARM)
- GWS.13 Paveway laser-guided bomb (LGB) sets
- GWS.14 Javelin portable air defence system (PADS)
- GWS.15 Skyflash AAM
- GWS.16 Ikara anti-submarine missile (ASuM)
- GWS.17 Exocet anti-ship missile (AShM)
- GWS.18 Penguin AShM
- GWS.19 Maverick air-to-surface missile (ASM)
- GWS.20 HARM ARM
21-40
- GWS.21 Sea Wolf naval SAM
- GWS.22 Hellfire ATGM
- GWS.23 Air Defence Anti-Tank System (ADATS)
- GWS.24 Stinger PADS
- GWS.25 Harpoon AShM
- GWS.26 ALARM
- GWS.27 Sea Skua AShM
- GWS.28 Trident D5 SLBM
- GWS.29 Spearfish HWT
- GWS.30 RAM naval SAM
- GWS.31 MICA AAM
- GWS.32 MU90 Impact LWT
- GWS.33 Aster-15 SAM
- GWS.34 Aster-30 SAM
- GWS.35 Tomahawk
- GWS.36 JDAM GPS-guided bomb sets
- GWS.37 VL-MICA SAM
- GWS.38 JSOW
- GWS.39 Yakhont 3 AShM
- GWS.40 Brimstone ATGM
41-60
- GWS.41 Loon ASuM
- GWS.42 EAW-67 AAM[2]
- GWS.43 EAW-78 AAM[2]
- GWS.44 Kiwi 105mm gun-launched ADATS
- GWS.45 Kiwi 120mm gun-launched ADATS
- GWS.46 Kiwi 140mm gun-launched ADATS
- GWS.47 Robin small diameter bomb (SDB)
- GWS.48 Starling ASM
- GWS.49 Meteor beyond visual range AAM (BVRAAM)
- GWS.50 Pigeon ARM
- GWS.51 Icarus ATGM
- GWS.52 Pelican AShM
- GWS.53 — not used
- GWS.54 — not used
- GWS.55 Kakapo 155mm extended range guided munition (ERGM)
- GWS.56 Kakapo 203mm ERGM
- GWS.57 Erne SAM
- GWS.58 Hurricane ASM and surface-to-surface missile (SSM)
- GWS.59 Vertical-launch Guided Bombardment Rocket (VGBR)
- GWS.60 Eel ASuM
61-80
- GWS.61 Scourge long-range AShM[3]
- GWS.62 Yellow Jacket short-range SAM[3]
- GWS.63 Barracuda 324mm LWT
- GWS.64 Mako 533mm HWT
- GWS.65 Kite AAM or SAM
- GWS.66 Lark PADS or short-range AAM
- GWS.67 Lanneret theatre air defence missile
- GWS.68 — not used
- GWS.69 Orca ASuM
- GWS.70 Petrel AShM
- GWS.71 Fulmar AShM
- GWS.72 Heron AShM
- GWS.73 Ptarmigan ARM
- GWS.74 Kestrel BVRAAM
- GWS.75 Goshawk long-range AAM (LRAAM)
- GWS.76 Grand Kestrel naval SAM
- GWS.77 Emu ATGM
- GWS.78 Roc kinetic energy missile (KEM)/ATGM
- GWS.79 Beluga 650mm HWT
- GWS.80 Ostrich ATGM
81-100
- GWS.81 Weasel ATGM
- GWS.82 Triton SLBM
- GWS.83 Archer AShM, ASM, SSM, SLCM
- GWS.84 Peregrine anti-platform missile
- GWS.85 Vulture ADATS
- GWS.86 dual-mode laser- and GPS/INS-guided bomb sets
- GWS.87 Physeter 1000mm HWT
- GWS.88 Dragonfly SAM[3]
- GWS.89 Sailfish ASuM
- GWS.90 Shikra ASM
- GWS.91 Angler ASuM
- GWS.92 Erne ER extended-range SAM
- GWS.93 Erne anti-ballistic missile (ABM)
- GDS.94 Flamingo miniature air-launched decoy (MALD)[4]
- GDS.95 Firefly supersonic MALD[5]
- GDS.96 Pufferfish underwater autonomous decoy
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