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RSS mod armyBattlefield tech under UK and US spotlight
News The UK's Ministry of Defence (MoD) and the US Army are to work together on a $135.8m joint research programme to develop advanced secure wireless and sensor network technology, including RFID, to support soldiers in the battlefield in future... [21 Sep 2006]
BT and Nortel do military service
News The partnership is part of the £1.5bn Defence Fixed Telecommunications Service (DFTS) between BT and the MoD to build and manage a co-ordinated communicated infrastructure for the Army, Royal Navy and RAF. [02 Jun 2005]
HMRC and MoD face action over data blunders
News The MoD's loss of 600,000 personnel and new recruit details was also heavily criticised in a report by Sir Edmund Burton, who blamed poor management by the Army Recruiting and Training Division and its contractor EDS. [25 Jun 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 Centre (LWC)in Warminster. [22 Oct 2007]
Battlefield network to give troops high-tech edge
News We envisage Falcon as a key part of the network-enabled operations that will help clear the fog of war and ensure the British Army dominates the battlefields of the future. Falcon will provide the battlefield communications infrastructure to... [06 Jul 2005]
Photos: MoD unveils £80m IT health programme
Photo Jonathan Cox, clinical policy officer for the Army Primary Healthcare Service, said searching for such patterns is not possible at the moment without having to ask every MoD medical centre to go through every record and collate that information. [02 Aug 2007]
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 sector travel industry. [19 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 encryption software. [08 May 2008]
MoD attempts to wire up entire organisation
News The Ministry of Defence is about to embark on its largest ever IT project as it opens discussions on procuring a system to connect the Army, Navy and Royal Airforce together. Suppliers to the MoD have been issued with a bulletin asking them to... [27 Jun 2002]
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) programme to replace hundreds of IT systems with... [04 Jul 2008]
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]
Photos: MoD tracks with deadly accuracy
Photo A UK army soldier tests out the surveillance system and range finder (SSARF). Photo credit: MoD The MoD will take on 700 of the SSARF, which will be supplied to close combat forces for targeting and surveillance. [18 Feb 2008]
CSC wins $500m US Army missile systems deal
News CSC has signed a deal with the US Army worth $500m if the full 10-year options are exercised. Under the blanket purchase agreement CSC will act as team leader providing technical domain advisory and assistance services to the US Army Aviation... [06 Jan 2005]
Partners in IT Case Study: Steria
White Paper Steria provides IT services to the British Army, playing a key role as the MOD transitions to an integrated and centralised IT infrastructure, designed to provide the armed forces with "information any time, any place, anywhere". [15 Mar 2006]
Information System Arms Czech MoD With the Power to March On
White Paper As the MoD moves towards its goal of a fully professional army, access to the right data becomes even more important. The Czech Republic Ministry of Defense's (MoD) recent membership of NATO means it must have better information at its fingertips... [24 Feb 2004]
