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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 the provision of the Defence... [10 Oct 2007]
Photos: MoD unveils £80m IT health programme
Photo The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has unveiled an £80m electronic military medical records system. By 2010, these electronic records will be accessible in any of the 299 medical and 181 dental Defence Medical Services (DMS) centres which the MoD runs... [02 Aug 2007]
MoD admits to losing 11,000 ID cards
News The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has admitted that more than 11,000 military ID cards have been lost or stolen in the past two years. In a statement, the MoD said: "We take the loss of military ID cards very seriously and we are taking steps to... [13 Mar 2008]
Satellite to get the army talking
News Astrium's CEO, François Auque, said the launch heralds a new era in secure military communications for the MoD. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is expected to spend around £3.6bn to use the satellite network over the next 13 years. [12 Mar 2007]
MoD spends £21m on e-learning
News Rear Admiral Simon Goodall, director of general training at the MoD, said: "Training people for military operations involves development of a range of attributes such as leadership, teamwork, ethos and courage, which predominately requires human... [14 Sep 2005]
Preparing for war 2.0
News The MoD said another area of interest is social network analysis which can identify network structures, strengths and vulnerabilities, and could be used by the military to improve UK networks or to best target enemy networks by identifying key hubs. [18 Oct 2006]
Photos: Top Gun goes virtual
Photo Neville Salkeld, MD of QinetiQ's MoD support business said the facility at Waddington demonstrates how mature technology can be used to improve military effectiveness. Photo credit: MoD Photo credit: MoD [08 Jun 2007]
MoD goes online in £45m procurement manoeuvre
News Cap Gemini Ernst & Young is working closely with the MoD on the project, and according to David Galloway, its UK executive director, online procurement in the military sector is potentially worth £400m to £500m over the decade. [24 Jul 2000]
Battlefield 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]
Backseat driver keeps armed forces in line
News Ministry of Defence (MoD) road safety officer Major Shepherd said: "As part of our commitment to duty of care, we have an obligation for the safety of all MoD personnel - whether they are drivers or passengers. [04 Apr 2008]
£2.4bn battlefield radios slammed by MPs
News A report by parliamentary spending watchdog the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) this week criticised the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for failing to appoint a senior responsible owner with the responsibility, funding and authority to manage the... [07 Mar 2007]
In brief: MoD denies security scare
News Reports claimed MoD chiefs have appealed to the US Pentagon for help after hackers broke into top-secret military files held on its internal database. A UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) spokesman today denied press reports that a hacker has broken into... [21 Sep 1998]
Photos of the month - August 2007
Photo The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has unveiled an £80m electronic military medical records system which allows the health records of military personnel to be transferred between practices electronically, instead of using the traditional paper-based... [31 Aug 2007]
5 years ago... MoD accused of wasting £34m on high-tech white elephant
News 26.11.98 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 2003]
MoD runs into political minefield over Y2K compliance
News The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) is being accused of trying to hide its millennium bug problem for fear of generating national panic. In the space of four months, 4,500 systems that were once considered critical to national security have... [24 Jan 1999]
