A further 3,300 computer terminals for commanding
military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq are being delivered to
theMinistry of Defence(MoD), at a cost
of £270m.
The MoD has a £2.3bn contract with the
Atlas Consortium - led by EDS - for the provision of the
Defence Information Infrastructure (Future) programme, which
started in March 2005, will provide around 150,000 computer
terminals across 2,000 MoD sites worldwide.
The £2.3bn contract has just been amended to incorporate an
extra £270m for the 3,300 additional machines.
The MoD said 1,900 of these extra machines will be deployed to
headquarters on the ground and on board Royal Navy ships.
The project team leader, Bob Quick, said, "This is a first step
in enhancing deployable capability to forces deployed to theatres
such as Iraq and Afghanistan."
The Atlas Consortium comprises EDS, Fujitsu, EADS, General
Dynamics, LogicaCMG and a number of others.