Defence Intelligence
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Defence Intelligence is the intelligence arm of the Ministry of Defence.[1] Until 2009, it was known as the Defence Intelligence Staff.[2]
- Part of Cyber & Specialist Operations Command, Defence Intelligence (DI) empowers decision makers in the Ministry of Defence (MOD) and UK government by providing intelligence products and assessments. Led by the Chief of Defence Intelligence, Adrian Bird, DI work in close partnership with other UK intelligence agencies GCHQ, MI5 and MI6, to provide intelligence products for policy makers in the Ministry of Defence and UK Government. Defence Intelligence has around 5,000 staff, of which two thirds are armed forces personnel and one third are civilians. Our people are based mainly at locations in London, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire. Defence Intelligence also has national responsibilities to wider departments across His Majesty’s Government, on top of its key defence outputs, The National Centre for Geospatial Intelligence (NCGI) is one of these such areas.[3]
Defence Intelligence is headed by the Chief of Defence Intelligence (CDI), a serving three star military officer.[4]
People
Director-General Intelligence (1964-1984)
- Major-General Sir Kenneth Strong, 1964–1966
- Air Chief Marshal Sir Alfred Earle, rtd 1966-1968
- Air Marshal Sir Harold Maguire, rtd 1968-1972
- Vice-Admiral Sir Louis Le Bailly 1972-1975
- Lieutenant-General Sir David Willison, rtd 1975-1978
- Air Chief Marshal Sir John Aiken, rtd 1978-1981
- Vice-Admiral Sir Roy Halliday, rtd 1981-1984
Deputy Chief of Defence Staff (Intelligence) (1964-1986)
- Vice-Admiral Sir Norman Denning 1964-1965
- Air Marshal Sir Harold Maguire 1965-1968
- Lieutenant-General Sir Richard Fyffe 1968-1971
- Vice-Admiral Sir Louis Le Bailly 1971-1972
- Lieutenant-General Sir David Willison 1972-1975
- Air Marshal Sir Richard Wakeford 1975-1978
- Vice-Admiral Sir Roy Halliday 1978-1981
- Lieutenant-General Sir James Glover 1981-1983
- Air Marshal Sir Michael Armitage 1983-1984
Chiefs of Defence Intelligence (1985-)
- Air Marshal Sir Michael Armitage 1984-1986
- Lieutenant-General Sir Derek Boorman 1986-1988
- Vice-Admiral Sir John Kerr 1988-1991
- Air Marshal Sir John Walker, 1991–1994
- Lieutenant-General Sir John Foley, 1994–1997
- Vice-Admiral Sir Alan West, 1997–2000
- Air Marshal Sir Joe French, 2000–2003
- Lieutenant-General Andrew Ridgway, 2003–2006
- Air Marshal Sir Stuart Peach 2006 - 2009
- Air Marshal C M Nickols 2009 -
- Adrian Bird (2022 - )
Resources
Notes
- ↑ Defence Intelligence, Ministry of Defence, accessed 21 April 2011.
- ↑ Defence Intelligence - History, Ministry of Defence, accessed 21 April 2011.
- ↑ https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/defence-intelligence
- ↑ Organisation: Defence Intelligence organisation, Ministry of Defence, accessed 21 April 2011.