EDS-led ATLAS Consortium to Deliver Additional Phase of the Defence Information Infrastructure (Future) Contract
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UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) approves an amendment to the Defence Information Infrastructure (Future) (DII(F)) Contract
PLANO, Texas, Oct. 2 / -- The EDS-led ATLAS Consortium today announced that the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence (MoD) has approved an amendment to the Defence Information Infrastructure (Future) (DII(F)) contract, confirming that ATLAS will deliver DII Increment 2b, which extends DII(F) into the deployed -- military operations -- environment. This is a further element of the 10-year contract awarded in March 2005, to modernize and create a single coherent MoD information infrastructure.
The ATLAS Consortium comprises EDS as lead contractor, tier 1 partner Fujitsu Services and key sub-contractors General Dynamics, EADS Defence and Security Systems and LogicaCMG.
The contract amendment enables EDS to increase its previously stated estimates for revenue from the MoD DII(F) contract to 2015 by US $489 (269 pounds Sterling) million.
Increment 2 of the DII programme is comprised of three elements:
o Increment 2a, a further tranche of workstations in the office (Fixed)
environment;
o Increment 2b focusing on the deployed environment; and also,
o Increment 2c at Above Secret classifications.
Increment 2b provides Defence Information Infrastructure services into the most unique and challenging of environments -- that of military operations. Increment 2b will operate at the SECRET classification level, meeting exacting security and usability demands, to include the provision of 3,300 user access devices (UADs) to support deployed operations, of which 1,900 will be in the land deployed and maritime environments. To meet with the levels of services demanded of the mission critical planning and operational command and control systems that DII(F) will support, a world class service management and support mechanism will be developed to ensure services and operational imperatives are met.
The DII(F) Programme is replacing numerous individual information systems throughout the MoD with a single, more efficient information infrastructure. It will also enable many of the defence efficiency measures under the UK Defence Change Programme to be achieved. These include Network Enabled Capability -- the ability to improve the capability of the armed forces through a single network of information -- announced in the UK Defence White Paper.
DII(F) will achieve this by extending into the operational arena, interfacing with battlespace systems and improving the sharing of information between headquarters, battlefield support and the front line. DII(F) will allow greater interoperability between the MoD and its allies, allowing significantly more effective operational support than currently available.
About The ATLAS Consortium
The ATLAS Consortium is responsible for delivering the Defence Information Infrastructure (Future) project for the UK Ministry of Defence. ATLAS is led by EDS, with Fujitsu Services as a Tier 1 partner, General Dynamics, LogicaCMG and EADS Defence and Security Systems Ltd (Cogent) as Tier 2 partners, and IBM and HP as capability partners, amongst others. ATLAS was awarded the contract for Increment 1 of DII(F) in March 2005, with a budget of approximately US $4.0 billion (2.3 billion pounds) and Increment 2a of DII(F) in December 2006, with a budget of approximately US $1.27 billion (0.73 billion pounds).
About EDS
EDS (NYSE:EDS) is a leading global technology services company delivering business solutions to its clients. EDS founded the information technology outsourcing industry 45 years ago. Today, EDS delivers a broad portfolio of information technology and business process outsourcing services to clients in the manufacturing, financial services, healthcare, communications, energy, transportation, and consumer and retail industries and to governments around the world. Learn more at eds.com.
CONTACT:
Travis Jacobsen - EDS U.S.
972.797.8751
travis.jacobsen@eds.com
Sarah Roderick - EDS UK
+44(0)20 7569 5134
Sarah.roderick@eds.com
Karen Cleale - ATLAS
+44(0)7825 119 689
Karen.cleale@eds.com
FCMN Contact: travis.jacobsen@eds.com
Source: Electronic Data Systems
Web site: http://www.eds.com/
