defence
RSS defenceDefence is IT's big spender
News Defence agencies accounted for $15.6bn worth of these deals, while the rest of the IT contracts were signed by civilian agencies, according to a report released on Thursday by market researcher Input. [01 Nov 2004]
European Merger Control: Do We Need an Efficiency Defence?
White Paper Should a merger control system and, in particular, the European system of merger control, include an "efficiency defence", i.e.a system allowing to take into account the possible efficiencies from mergers and how should a system be designed to... [24 Jun 2005]
Marconi in talks to sell off £400m defence unit
News Beleaguered telecoms equipment maker Marconi is in talks to sell its Italian defence unit in the on-going quest to sort out its massive debt problem. The company's shares rose 15 per cent yesterday as news of a possible deal broke. [26 Feb 2002]
EDS set to land £4bn deal to run UK defence IT?
News EDS is reported to be on the verge of landing the £4bn outsourcing deal to run the UK's defence and armed forces IT infrastructure for the next 10 years. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has targeted £174m in efficiency savings through the Defence... [28 Feb 2005]
Expert witness dismisses UK hacking suspect's defence
News The defence counsel for Aaron Caffrey, who is on trial at Southwark Crown Court, had said that his client's computer could have been compromised by a hacker who had altered the system's log files - which record how the machine is being used - and... [09 Oct 2003]
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 paper detailing the MOD plans... [11 Dec 2003]
Sun wins $50m US defence research contract
News Sun Microsystems has won a $50m contract from the US Department of Defence for the second phase of a high performance computing research project. The contract will be run by the Defence Advance Research Projects Agency (Darpa), which wants a new... [09 Jul 2003]
CSC nets $52m US defence biometrics deal
News Chris Steinbach, vice-president of CSC's global security solutions business, said CSC will help the BFC in pushing the acceptance and integration of biometrics into the "greater culture of national defence". [10 Nov 2004]
National ID Scheme an "essential defence"
News The government said the system is an "essential defence" and an everyday part of life.silicon.com Public Sector The National Identity Scheme will be essential in combating the challenges presented by the revolution in technology and mobility... [19 Jun 2007]
How SAP UK & Ireland Education Is Helping Global Aerospace and Defence Specialist BAE Systems to Become Self-Sufficient in Its SAP Training
White Paper In response to changing customer demands, defence and aerospace systems giant BAE Systems has consolidated its Customer Solutions and Support and migrated all the business units onto a single SAP financial platform. [28 Sep 2007]
Linux enlisted for mission-critical defence app
News Lockheed Martin will use RedHawk real-time Linux in hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) simulation testing of strategic missile defence subsystems. Lockheed Martin was selected for the Thaad programme because of "the precision and guaranteed response time... [01 Dec 2005]
Indian president: We want open source for defence
News Software maintenance and software upgrade is an important issue for defence," Kalam said at a meeting of Indian Navy’s Weapons and Electronic System Engineering Establishment in New Delhi last week. Without naming any proprietary software products... [08 Jul 2004]
Israeli Defence Ministry Upgrades E-Mail System in Just Three Days
White Paper The Israeli Ministry of Defence (MoD) wanted to upgrade its e-mail messaging system for knowledge workers because the existing platform had become too expensive and provided insufficient support for Hebrew. [19 Feb 2008]
Ministry of Defence gives 150 apps their marching orders
News The Ministry of Defence (MoD) hopes to save £10m by cutting 150 unnecessary software applications. The MoD application rationalisation project is part of the Defence Information Exploitation programme which runs alongside the Defence Information... [08 Feb 2006]
Nortel Network Case Study: Australian Department of Defence
White Paper Australian government agencies provide essential health, education, defence, transport, administration and other services. Each agency, whether they are local, state or federal bodies, has unique communication needs. [10 Jan 2008]
