The Defense Information Infrastructure Future program will provide a single platform across the UK’s three armed forces, replacing the multiple systems across the military’s thousands of sites worldwide.
The same EDS-led group of companies, known as the ATLAS Consortium, won the first stage of the DII (F) project in March 2005, a 10-year, $4bn deal that covered the first project phase, said Travis Jacobsen, an EDS spokesperson, said.
The second phase now continues and expands the work from the first stage, Jacobsen told Computer Business Review. Phase two includes a deployed environment element for the component command headquarters, as well as a system for the military’s above secret classifications.
Phase two also features a fixed environment element, including infrastructure services, workstations, laptops, additional hardware, and software. The third phase of the DII (F) project has yet to be awarded, Jacobsen said.
EDS role under the ATLAS Consortium is essentially that of prime contractor, responsible for program management, design, and roll-out of the infrastructure. Fujitsu Services serves as a tier one partner and shares management duties with EDS, Jacobsen said.
ATLAS’ three Tier two partners include EADS Defense, which provides network communications, deployed services, and security, and General Dynamics, which also provides network and deployed services, in addition to some training. LogicaCMG handles security, applications, and migration services for the project.
