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• Federal Govt invests $13m in Defence R&D

  The Federal Government has allocated $13 million in funding to foster projects submitted under the Department of Defence’s research and development program.

• Defence targets Verizon for $50m services contract

  The Department of Defence has selected US-based IP services provider, Verizon, for a $50 million five-year internet gateway contract to improve secure internet services to its 110,000 employees, as well as agencies and the public.

• Defence to trial next gen desktops

  The Department of Defence will pilot its next-generation desktop projects in coming months, after receiving “first pass approval” from the Government for the project, six months after initial plans to go to tender.

• Defence upgrades gateways with Verizon

  The Department of Defence has penned a $52.9 million contract with Verizon Business to upgrade its internet gateway, ahead of plans to reduce whole-of-government gateway use.
  

• Army on the hunt for CIO

  The Department of Defence is looking for a new CIO to integrate information management and technology within the Army’s operations.

• Royal Australian Navy spends $10m on simulator

  Junior officers in the Royal Australian Navy will learn to pilot the next generation of warships in an upgraded training facility at HMAS Watson in Sydney worth $10 million.

• Ex-diggers return to civvy street eased with website support

  Australian soliders adjusting back to civilian life after serving in combat zones around the world have received greater access to online services following the launch of two pilot websites.

• Defence signs five-year e-heath records contract with CSC

  The Australian Department of Defence has has signed a five-year, $56 million information technology contract with CSC to develop and implement an electronic health information system for the Australian Defence Force.

• Defence to replace D-WAN

  The Department of Defence is on the hunt for a new Deployable Wide Area Network (D-WAN) to replace its existing D-WAN.

• Defence delays thin client tender

  The Department of Defence has delayed releasing a request for tender for its “Next Generation Desktops” project until January, pushing its thin client deployment back by two months.
  

• Defence to tender thin clients in November

  The Department of Defence will go to tender in November for thin client desktops and infrastructure, to be deployed over two years across the organisation in order to simplify processes and consolidate the agency’s computer fleet.
  

• Remote Defence personnel to get recreational PCs

  Defence is to procure some 370 PCs and wireless carriage to provide internet access to help boost the morale of personnel serving overseas, patrolling Australia’s border or on extended exercises.

• Defence spends $180m on ICT contracts

  The Department of Defence will spend more than $180 million on two ICT services contracts signed with Dimension Data and Fujitsu.

• Global Switch to be Defence's primary data centre

  The Department of Defence has given the nod to Global Switch to become its data centre of choice for a consolidation program.

• Defence turns to collaboration tools on ICT

  The Department of Defence is turning to online collaboration tools to manage tenders issued as part of its ICT reform program.