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RSS MoDAll-seeing I-Ball gives troops remote skinny on the enemy
News The I-Ball has been picked as the winning entry in the Ministry of Defence's Competition of Ideas, a competition which asked UK industry to come up with technology to solve the MoD's "most pressing problems". [17 Nov 2008]
Are you the new Q? MoD wants to hear from you
News Any small businesses who fancy getting in on the MoD supplying action are invited to meet up with the MoD at a seminar next week in Glasgow. The MoD is particularly seeking to make... [14 Nov 2008]
The ultimate backseat driver
Comment These impressive sounding figures have already won over Staffordshire County Council, which recently installed the Safety Centre in 50 cars driven by local teenagers and the MoD. Not sure? Nick Heath puts an electronic... [05 Nov 2008]
MoD admits losing nearly 2m recruits' details
News The MoD has revealed a lost hard drive may contain details on almost two million individuals - one million more than first thought. Minister for the Armed Forces, Bob Ainsworth, told parliament yesterday an... [14 Oct 2008]
MoD breach: Data goes missing from "secure location"
News On Wednesday 8 October we were informed by our contractor EDS that they were unable to account for a portable hard drive used in connection with the administration of armed-forces personnel data," the MoD said in a... [10 Oct 2008]
HP-EDS job cuts: "It's business as normal"
News According to the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS), which represents more than 2,000 EDS staff in the UK, the services provider has contracts with the Ministry of Defence (MoD), the Department for Work and... [09 Oct 2008]
ID cards, driverless buses and virtual shipwrecks
Photo The MoD showed off the computer games it uses to give army drivers in the Royal Logistics Corps experience of situations they might face in the Middle East. Photo credit: Ministry of Defence (MoD) Here's... [02 Oct 2008]
Telepresence tech to cheer Afghan troops
News Back in July, the MoD said it was considering trialling telepresence tech to offset its travel budget. Nato is using high-end videoconferencing tech to boost morale for service men and women serving in Afghanistan. [22 Sep 2008]
UK completes £254m QinetiQ defence tech sale
News The Ministry of Defence (MoD) sold its remaining 19 per cent stake in QinetiQ, previously the UK's Defence Evaluation and Research Agency, on Tuesday raising £254m for the taxpayer.silicon.com Public Sector [10 Sep 2008]
Photos: Inside the Army's war games
Photo The MoD has turned to computer games to give army drivers sent to the Middle East some experience of the situations they might encounter in the field. Photo credit: Ministry of Defence (MoD) Photo... [01 Sep 2008]
Photos: Military robot wars
Photo The MoD has announced the winner of its Grand Challenge competition to produce a vehicle capable of identifying threats encountered by UK troops on current operations. Team Stellar beat off six other hopefuls, whittled... [21 Aug 2008]
Privacy chief fights UK-wide database
News On Tuesday the ICO also served enforcement notices against the HMRC and the MoD following the departments' high profile data breaches. Both the MoD and the HMRC are now required to show steps they have... [15 Jul 2008]
MoD IT - late and over budget
News A Ministry of Defence (MoD) programme to replace hundreds of IT systems with a single infrastructure is running more than a year late and is £182m over budget. The MoD is on course to miss its target of... [04 Jul 2008]
MoD plans telepresence trial
News The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is considering a telepresence pilot, as part of its plans to tackle its travel budget.silicon.com Public Sector Get the latest public sector news straight to your inbox. Sign up for the PS... [03 Jul 2008]
Reports in full: HMRC and MoD data breaches
News Chairman of the Information Assurance Advisory Council Sir Edmund Burton looked into the theft on 9 January 2008 of a Ministry of Defence (MoD) laptop containing the personal details of 600,000 armed forces recruits and... [26 Jun 2008]
