News
IT strategy
-
November 30, 2000
30
Nov'00
Armed forces morale hit by Chinook say MPs
MPs said yesterday that the Government's refusal to move on the Public Accounts Committee report on the 1994 Chinook crash was hitting armed forces morale.... -
November 29, 2000
29
Nov'00
Chinook tragedy demands reform
The Public Accounts Committee report into the Mull of Kintyre helicopter crash vindicates Computer Weekly's three-year campaign for justice. It... -
November 15, 2000
15
Nov'00
Did MoD deceive RAF inquiry?
New information shows that the Ministry of Defence withheld information from an air chief marshal about software flaws that could...
-
October 25, 2000
25
Oct'00
IT man on the 5am ferry as Horizon reaches Orkney
James RogersPost Offices in two of the most isolated parts of the UK are the latest to go live as part of the Horizon counter...
-
October 25, 2000
25
Oct'00
MPs fight on for independent Chinook inquiry
As peers and MPs rally to the cause for a new independent inquiry, former defence minister Malcolm Rifkind is among those to criticise the reasons for the... -
October 04, 2000
04
Oct'00
Report reveals trend to more women in IT
-
July 19, 2000
19
Jul'00
Blair steps into Chinook battle
Tony CollinsThe Prime Minister, Tony Blair, will personally look into the circumstances of the crash of a Chinook helicopter on the Mull of...
-
June 28, 2000
28
Jun'00
Bell champions 'mass of new evidence' on Chinook crash
Tony CollinsIndependent MP Martin Bell has told the House of Commons that a mass of new evidence has emerged over the possible causes of...
-
June 28, 2000
28
Jun'00
Defence Minister misleads MPs over Chinook accident
Last week in the House of Commons, Labour’s Defence Minister Lewis Moonie unintentionally misled the House of Commons over a Chinook accident in 1989,... -
June 21, 2000
21
Jun'00
Air chief marshall attacks Chinook evidence
Tony CollinsAir Chief Marshal Sir William Wratten has criticised evidence suggesting that the 1994 Chinook helicopter crash could have...
-
June 14, 2000
14
Jun'00
Scotland backs Chinook crash report
The Scottish Executive has found that Computer Weekly uncovered new evidence over the reliability of the Fadec (Full Authority Digital Engine Control)... -
March 29, 2000
29
Mar'00
MoD did not tell the whole truth on Chinook software
Letters from software experts to Computer Weekly show the Ministry of Defence omitted to mention it sanctioned the very testing...
-
February 09, 2000
09
Feb'00
NAO report puts software at the heart of Chinook debate
Tony CollinsGovernment auditors will report tomorrow (Friday) that defence staff put into operational service a fleet of Chinook...