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 Aviation, 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 — GDS for guided/autonomous decoy system, 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:

GWS.41M2b

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.^[1]

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:

GWS.65Aa Kite infrared-guided air-to-air missile (DPA) = AIM.65A (USDS)

To reduce this confusion, DPA modification indicators typically correlate with the USDS version indicators.

Footnotes

^ There was no "Modification 1" of the MUM.41B or UUM.41B that became operational in UKINDF service. Modification 1 was to have had a MU90 Impact torpedo atop the longer-ranged carrier, but it was replaced by the GWS.63 Barracuda (i.e., "Modification 2").
^ The UKIN government sought to obtain the UGM-27 Polaris A3 missile from the United States of America but was rebuffed at the last moment.
^ ^a Product of United Elias.
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^ ^a ^b Product of Sarzonia.
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^ Formerly known as the ALQ.220 and the ADQ.220. The re-designation to ADM (air-launched active decoy) led to its re-classification and receiving a DPA number.
^ In its experimental stages, it was known as the ALQ.301 and the ADQ.301. Like the Flamingo, its re-classification led to a DPA number.
^ Collaborative project with Space Union.
^ GWLS.98 gun-missile complex with 57mm autocannon and two eight-cell GWLS.76M launchers.

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