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Increments and Releases

Incremental Approach

The contract was established using an incremental approach. This was done to de-risk the programme and to enable the MoD some flexibility in defining it's future requirements based on changing operational and business drivers, as well as affording the opportunity to ensure continued value for money. To date ATLAS has been awarded the following DII Increments:

Increment 1

ATLAS was awarded the contract for Increment 1 of DII(F) in March 2005. Rollout of Increment 1 will cover nearly 70,000 UADs (terminals) and 200,000 user accounts at 680 locations across Defence, driven by the requirements of the Defence Change Programme.

Increment 2a

ATLAS was awarded Increment 2a in December 2006 to incorporate nearly 44,000 additional User Access Devices (UADs) and 58,000 User Accounts.

Increment 2b

ATLAS was awarded Increment 2b in September 2007. Increment 2b will extend DII into the deployed environment and operate at the SECRET classification level, to include the provision of UADs to support deployed operations.

Increment 2c

ATLAS was awarded Increment 2c in January 2009. This Increment extends the DII(F) footprint into the Above Secret domain and will support a number of key Operations and Intelligence Users across the MOD. Ultimately it will replace a number of legacy systems and is a vital part of the Department's wider initiative to improve intelligence gathering and exploitation, known as the Defence Intelligence Modernisation Programme.

Increment 3a

ATLAS was awarded Increment 3a in December 2009. This Increment will provide 42,000 computer terminals operating in the Restricted and Secret domains to the remaining MoD fixed sites, replacing outdated and expensive legacy systems. This improved capability will support some 60,000 personnel, notably within the Royal Air Force, at Joint Helicopter Command and other MoD locations.