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RSS defence armyMoD tells British troops: Go forth and Twitter
News The Ministry of Defence has issued its Online Engagement Guidelines (PDF), 13 pages of recommendations for keeping in touch with friends and family via blogs, social networks, virtual worlds, and multiplayer games... [10 Aug 2009]
Extradition for Nasa hacker rules high court
News He was charged with intentionally damaging a federal computer system, and with breaking into 97 computers belonging to the US Army, US Navy, US Air Force, US Department of Defense and Nasa. The US can demand a suspect be... [31 Jul 2009]
Labyrinthine IT systems lose MoD almost £300m
News The NAO report also found the MoD unable to account for £155m-worth of Bowman secure radio systems being used by Army personnel in Iraq and Afghanistan. Failings in computer systems used by the Ministry of... [21 Jul 2009]
BT lands £99m comms deal with Ministry of Defence
News The deal broadens the Defence Fixed Telecommunications Service (DFTS) agreement, under which BT is building and managing a co-ordinated communicated infrastructure for the Army, Royal Navy and RAF. BT on... [17 Jul 2009]
MoD inks £231m deal to boost comms
News The Bowman radios have been used in MoD operations since 2005 and are integrated into more than 13,000 British Army vehicles, together with headquarters, ships and helicopters, according to the MoD. The Ministry of... [03 Jul 2009]
David Jones
CIO Profile David Jones joined the Crown Prosecution Service as CIO and director of business information systems early last year after a number of technical roles in the Army. Prior to joining the CPS, Jones ran the... [01 Jun 2009]
Photos: There's no business like RoboBusiness
Photo It was developed in conjunction with the US Army's Future Combat Systems programme, and is one of the technologies that's most likely to succeed. Foster-Miller, a unit of UK defence contractor Qinetiq,... [20 Apr 2009]
From army officer to IT chief - CPS CIO David Jones
Comment For David Jones, the role of CIO at the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is something of a departure: for the majority of his career, Jones has been an army officer. We have no control over the defence... [08 Apr 2009]
Photos: Army tech marches into future
Photo Already used in winter sports and cycling clothing, the MoD has commissioned the company to develop the material for use in army helmets to help reduce head trauma in the event of an impact. It was developed for the... [11 Mar 2009]
Military intelligence to get £190m link up
News The DII is intended to provide a single information infrastructure serving the army, navy, airforce and central MoD command but has faced criticism from MPs for suffering delays and overspend. The £191m stage of the... [11 Feb 2009]
£7bn MoD IT project: Late, overbudget, unloved
News The £7.1bn Defence Information Infrastructure (DII) programme was intended to provide a single information infrastructure serving the army, navy, airforce and central MoD command but the project is now... [15 Jan 2009]
All-seeing I-Ball gives troops remote skinny on the enemy
News The I-Ball features image stabilisation technology from its creator Edinburgh company Dreampact giving the army high quality video even when it's in flight. The I-Ball has been picked as the winning entry in the Ministry... [17 Nov 2008]
HP-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]
