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Lack of IT standards hampering UK war effort

Parliamentary reporter — 2008-11-07T14:28:00.000Z

Parliamentary reporter, Computing, Friday 7 November 2008 at 14:28:00

Proprietary software making it harder to exploit reconnaisance data in Afghanistan

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has warned that differing US suppliers' proprietary software standards are hampering the ability of British forces in Afghanistan to make full use of data from...

BAE awards multimillion-pound submarine IT contract

Tom Young — 2008-10-24T10:20:00.000Z

Tom Young, Computing, Friday 24 October 2008 at 10:20:00

Newcomer Carillion IT Services wins deal on grounds of flexibility

Defence contractor BAE Systems has signed a multimillion-pound IT outsourcing deal with Carillion IT Services to support a £3.8bn deal to construct three Astute class submarines for the Royal Navy....

Military up in arms over payment system failings

Tom Young — 2008-10-16T06:00:00.000Z

Tom Young, Computing, Thursday 16 October 2008 at 06:00:00

Members of armed forces continue to complain as system misses

The armed forces’ £100m Joint Personnel Administration (JPA) programme has failed to meet four of the seven key targets set for the scheme this year, including those on pay accuracy,...

MPs slam MoD loss of 1.7 million records

Parliamentary reporter — 2008-10-14T11:34:00.000Z

Parliamentary reporter, Computing, Tuesday 14 October 2008 at 11:34:00

And government warns that more losses could yet be uncovered

MPs have criticised continuing government incompetence over government data handling practices after it was revealed a missing Ministry of Defence (MoD) hard drive could contain information on as many as...

MoD loses data on 100,000 personnel

Tom Young — 2008-10-10T11:12:00.000Z

Tom Young, Computing, Friday 10 October 2008 at 11:12:00

Hard drive held by EDS goes missing

The Ministry of Defence is investigating the loss of a computer hard drive that could contain the personal details of 100,000 members of the armed forces, according to media reports....

£90m more for Chinooks to fly

Parliamentary reporter — 2008-01-17T00:00:00.000Z

Parliamentary reporter, Computing, Thursday 17 January 2008 at 00:00:00

Choppers grounded for eight years because of avionics software issues

The government is to spend another £90m rectifying software and avionics problems that have grounded a £259m fleet of eight brand-new Chinook helicopters for nine years....

£548m comms upgrade for fighter jets

Parliamentary reporter — 2008-01-15T00:00:00.000Z

Parliamentary reporter, Computing, Tuesday 15 January 2008 at 00:00:00

Improved communication and data links for aircraft supporting troops in Afghanistan, says MoD

Harrier and Tornado aircraft used to support troops in Afghanistan are to receive improved secure communications and tactical data links in an upgrade costing £548m....

Infonic wins £8m deal to supply Ministry of Defence project

Janie Davies — 2007-11-05T00:00:00.000Z

Janie Davies, Computing, Monday 5 November 2007 at 00:00:00

Supplier has secured a major sub-contract with EDS-led Atlas consortium

The EDS-led Atlas Consortium has awarded supplier Infonic a major sub-contract for the supply of software licences and maintenance to the Ministry of Defence (MoD)....

Armed forces face pay crisis

Sarah Arnott — 2007-10-25T00:00:00.000Z

Sarah Arnott, Computing, Thursday 25 October 2007 at 00:00:00

Deluge of protests from personnel wrongly paid by unified HR system

Problems with the armed forces’ £100m human resources system are being blamed for plummeting morale. The Joint Personnel Administration (JPA) system has already saved the military £100m and enabled HR...

Where is my money? What the armed forces’ personnel say...

Sarah Arnott — 2007-10-25T00:00:00.000Z

Sarah Arnott, Computing, Thursday 25 October 2007 at 00:00:00

The Joint Personnel Administration system has led to a deluge of complaints

I was in Iraq when JPA went live and the majority of deployed personnel I spoke to in Basra didn’t get paid at all....

JPA teething trouble causes unrest in the ranks

Sarah Arnott — 2007-10-25T00:00:00.000Z

Sarah Arnott, Computing, Thursday 25 October 2007 at 00:00:00

Military management blames underestimation of cultural upheaval

Problems with the armed forces’ £100m Joint Personnel Administration (JPA) system are down to training and cultural change issues rather than the technology itself, according to the military administration....

Military electronic health records roll out starts

Computing staff — 2007-08-01T00:00:00.000Z

Computing staff, Computing, Wednesday 1 August 2007 at 00:00:00

Scheme was originally scheduled to go live in 2005

The Ministry of Defence's delayed electronic health records system is finally being rolled out across UK army medical facilities. Ultimately, the Defence Medical Information Capability Programme (DmicP) will allow instant...

£4bn admin systems see action overseas

Sarah Arnott — 2007-04-12T00:00:00.000Z

Sarah Arnott, Computing, Thursday 12 April 2007 at 00:00:00

The first version of the Ministry of Defence James logistics system was rolled out to the army last year

Better information has won as many battles as superior numbers of troops, and with this in mind the Ministry of Defence (MoD) is spending £4bn on the Defence Information Infrastructure...

Army personnel to have HR access on the move

Sarah Arnott — 2007-04-12T00:00:00.000Z

Sarah Arnott, Computing, Thursday 12 April 2007 at 00:00:00

Troops stationed around the world will have access to HR details

The Ministry of Defence’s (MoD’s) £100m next-generation human resources (HR) system will start to be rolled out to the army’s 140,000 employees this month....