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RSS MoDMoD writes off £118m on ditched IT system
News The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has overhauled project management procedures after writing off £118m on a ditched IT system. The Defence Logistics Organisation (DLO) - the MoD's internal buying arm -... [03 Nov 2003]
MoD shells out on data transfer tech
News The Ministry of Defence (MoD) tech supplier the ATLAS Consortium has awarded software company Infonic an £8.3m contract to provide the MoD with data transfer technology and support. The... [05 Nov 2007]
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]
MoD arms itself with BlackBerrys
News The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is giving BlackBerrys to its staff to encourage flexible and more productive working. The MoD is using a BlackBerry Enterprise Server to give staff access to email on the... [12 Sep 2007]
MoD deploys more PCs for military ops
News The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is deploying 3,300 computer terminals to help command military operations. The hardware rollout will cost an extra £270m on top of the original £2.3bn contract with the Atlas consortium for... [10 Oct 2007]
MoD boosts battlefield comms
News The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has signed a £45m contract extension with BAE Systems Insyte to extend the supply of the Falcon communications system. Falcon works with other MoD comms systems such as... [28 Sep 2007]
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]
MoD trailblazes travel-booking service
News The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has signed up Capgemini to deliver an electronic travel-booking service. The department has already achieved 10 per cent yearly savings on travel spend from using the service and is on track... [07 Aug 2007]
MoD fires up £5m incident reporting contract
News The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has a signed a 10 year contract with LogicaCMG to provide an incident recording system. Under the terms of the contract, worth in excess of £5m, LogicaCMG will develop the... [04 Jul 2007]
MoD parades £1.5bn networking deal
News Extending the contract will see improvements in technology involving the introduction of a new digital core network, the MoD said. It will also provide stable wide area network services which the MoD... [01 Apr 2005]
MoD's 'screw it up and you suffer' approach is the way to go
Comment The IT modernisation project, codenamed Defence Information Infrastructure (DII), will create a single standard platform for the MoD, which serves 157,000 desktop users around the world. The MoD has... [27 Jun 2003]
MoD accused of wasting £34m on high-tech white elephant
News The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) poured £34.6m into an IT system which was never used, according to a report from the National Audit Office (NAO) - the organisation which monitors central government spending. [26 Nov 1998]
MoD: Technology key to future of defence
News The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has rejected opposition claims that its planned investment in new technology is actually a "smokescreen" for cost-cutting. In a speech on Thursday to announce the publication of a white... [11 Dec 2003]
MoD awards £10m for better battle software
News The software is aimed at improving the coordination of army equipment, including jets and artillery forces on the battlefield - currently done manually - as the MoD moves to what it calls a "digitised battlespace". [29 Jul 2004]
MoD slammed over friendly fire tech
News The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has failed to produce technology capable of protecting UK troops from 'friendly fire' incidents, according to MPs. The Committee of Public Accounts (CPA) said in a report the... [01 May 2007]
