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<p>Carrier Enabled Power Projection (CEPP) is a joint programme, bringing together
the Carriers, F-35B aircraft and Merlin Crowsnest helicopters. The Senior Responsible
Owner (SRO) for CEPP is the Deputy Chief of Defence Staff for Military Capability,
who is directly accountable to the Permanent Under Secretary for Defence for the coherent
delivery of the overall CEPP capability. The principal skill set required by the SRO
is leadership and experience in delivering complex programmes across Defence. Specialist
experience of carrier air operations is provided by the individual SROs for the carrier
and F35B projects (Royal Navy and RAF respectively), both of whom have significant
experience of carrier air operations. The CEPP SRO is also directly supported by a
programme director, a Rear Admiral with extensive experience in the Queen Elizabeth
Class (QEC) programme, as well as frigate and air station command, an Air Commodore
(Head of CEPP), and a small joint staff with significant maritime, combat air and
command experience.</p><p> </p><p>The Head of CEPP is an experienced Air Commodore
having served extensively within the joint arena delivering capability. While he has
not served at sea in aircraft carriers, his portfolio does not require this. He is
responsible for ensuring coherent delivery across the CEPP programme rather than an
individual project remit.</p><p> </p><p>The QEC SRO is a Rear Admiral. He has blended
his extensive aviation experience with considerable time at sea. He has served at
sea extensively in frigates, air defence destroyers, Royal Fleet Auxiliaries and commanded
the Royal Navy's largest warship; the helicopter carrier HMS OCEAN. He has also commanded
the patrol vessel HMS ANGLESEY conducting fishery protection and the Type 23 frigate
HMS SOMERSET. Other maritime commands include the Iraqi maritime Task Group during
Operation TELIC and Chief of Staff appointments for two counter piracy missions: operation
ATALANTA and CTF 151, which included a deployment in the US Navy Ticonderoga class
destroyer USS ANZIO. He spent over two years working for Flag Officer Sea Training
as the lead Commander for Warfare and Command. He has recently completed an 18 month
appointment as the United Kingdom Maritime Component Commander and Deputy Commander
Combined Maritime Forces, based within the USNAVCENT Headquarters in Bahrain. The
period spanned operation LUMINOUS from Cyprus, the completion of operation HERRICK
and the commencement of operation SHADER in Iraq.</p><p> </p><p>The SRO for the F-35B
is an Air Commodore. He is a highly experienced former Harrier pilot whose embarked
experience with 3(F) Sqn flying the Harrier GR7 from HMS ILLUSTRIOUS saw him both
day and night deck qualified. He also acted as a Landing Signals Officer, responsible
for providing critical safety information to both the pilot in the cockpit and the
command team during aircraft recovery. This qualification required him to be not only
a skilled aviator, but also knowledgeable about broader ship operations. He achieved
a total of three months of embarked flying, which was followed by two and a half years
as a Joint Harrier Squadron Commander.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>
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