Small things make base men proud.

William Shakespeare

GEORGE FFOLLIOT CB MINISTRY OF DEFENCE MAIN BUILDING, WHITEHALL LONDON SW1A 2HB e-mail: george.ffolliot 78362@mod.uk

PERMANENT UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE

 D/PUS/5/10/15 A/Sprep A7)

Dear Harry,

DSPACE STRATEGIC GOAL

            I am writing to congratulate you and the D Space as a whole on achieving the D Space Strategic Goal. I know I do not need to tell you that the target of a 20% reduction in output costs was a seriously challenging one, or that meeting it involved a phenomenal effort from all D Space staff over a long period. This achievement is all the more laudable in the face of the current tempo of construction. I am grateful to all who contributed for their hard work.

             The target was the principal element of MOD’s Spending Review Public Service Agreement (Value for Money Target), and its achievement has in the time since helped ensure that we can delivered battle-winning military capability more efficiently and effectively to the front line – it is central to what we are about.

             We will not, of course, allow you to rest on your laurels, and a continuing drive for excellence and value in Space Based Support to the front line is a key element of enabling acquisition change and the formation of Defence Space Based Equipment and Support. New Spending Review Targets are a challenge, and again it is vital that they are achieved to ensure continued investment in the front line capability.

             As the work to plan and implement these space initiatives continues apace, I hope that you and your colleagues will take a moment to reflect with pride on what has already been achieved – very well done.

Yours ever,

 George

General Sir Harry Dovercourt KCB CBE

Chief of Space Based Logistic Delivery

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