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RSS defence armyHP-EDS job cuts: "It's business as normal"
News With the MoD, EDS is the primary contractor in the ATLAS consortium, which is delivering the £7.1bn Defence Information Infrastructure programme to provide a single information infrastructure serving the... [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]
Jet packs, army tech and Victorian gadgets
Photo The UK Ministry of Defence's Watchkeeper programme is aiming to develop an unmanned 'spy in the sky' plane that will provide the armed forces with vital intelligence and surveillance capability by 2010. [02 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) In a... [01 Sep 2008]
MoD IT - late and over budget
News The DII is aimed at improving communication and interoperability by providing a single information infrastructure serving the army, navy, airforce and central MoD command. A Ministry of Defence (MoD)... [04 Jul 2008]
HMRC and MoD face action over data blunders
News After studying the report, the Chief of the General Staff has ordered an inquiry to investigate whether there are grounds to pursue either disciplinary or administrative action in respect of the management of the contract between the... [25 Jun 2008]
MoD to save £35m with online travel service
News The service, which will support the travel needs of 300,000 Army, Royal Airforce, Royal Navy and MoD personnel, will use corporate travel services company Hogg Robinson Group to negotiate the best deals from the private... [19 Jun 2008]
Nasa hacker fights extradition
News McKinnon stands accused of hacking into a series of sites belonging to the US Army, Air Force, Department of Defence and Nasa. And, the defence further alleged, the US said if McKinnon... [13 Jun 2008]
MoD fights data losses with encryption
News Machines used by the army, navy and RAF will be given password-protected encryption using BeCrypt Disk Protect Baseline solution. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is to protect 20,000 laptops using... [08 May 2008]
Backseat driver keeps armed forces in line
News The GreenRoad Safety Center will be installed in 200 vehicles belonging to the Royal Navy, British Army and Royal Air Force across the UK as part of a six-month trial to improve road safety. Ministry of... [04 Apr 2008]
Photos: Talons, Eagles and Enforcers - the tech behind war
Photo The Future Soldier event at London's National Army Museum blew open the UK's arsenal of the future. Holographic quantum technology and acoustic sniper sensors may sound like the stuff of science fiction films - but they... [26 Mar 2008]
Photos: MoD tracks with deadly accuracy
Photo A UK army soldier tests out the surveillance system and range finder (SSARF). The Ministry of Defence has just signed a £30m contract with Thales UK to take charge of the devices, which have built-in... [18 Feb 2008]
Army targets enemy with high-tech laser guidance
News The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has signed a £30m contract with Thales UK to take charge of 700 handheld or tripod-mounted systems for close combat forces from 2009. Defence secretary Des Browne said its... [15 Feb 2008]
Photos: Soldiers test battle simulator tech
Photo An Improvised Explosive Device (IED) is demonstrated here on an Army Landrover. The new simulation training equipment is part of the wide range of virtual training systems used by the Army's Land Warfare... [22 Oct 2007]
Army fires up wi-fi for troops
News The service will be provided by Paradigm - the team in charge of the Ministry of Defence's £2.5bn satellite system - and will be password protected with wireless points put in the living quarters of service personnel; it... [09 Oct 2007]
