UK Government Invests in MOD and NATO with Significant Agile IT and Digital Transformation Contract for CDW and Viasat UK
November 23 2020 - 4:00AM
Business Wire
IT solutions specialist CDW announced an agreement with the
Ministry of Defence (MOD) and NATO’s Allied Rapid Reaction Corps
(ARRC) headquarters in Gloucester, UK, to deliver a two-year Agile
technical innovation contract for a Command, Control and
Communication (C3) programme named LELANTOS.
ARRC is NATO’s rapidly deployable headquarters that acts as a
nerve centre for operations and crisis response. CDW – the world’s
largest IT technology enabler – and Viasat UK Ltd, a global leader
in communication technologies, have partnered on the two-year
programme, which will enable a more survivable, maneuverable and
deployable HQ.
Programme LELANTOS will involve regular technological
innovation, as well as the wider digital transformation of HQ ARRC,
and is part of a range of initiatives that demonstrate the UK’s
continued commitment to the NATO alliance.
Lt Col Steve Short, ARRC Programme Lead, commented: “This is a
defining moment. We have looked at the whole ecosystem of the
deployed staff working environment and treated it as a capability
in its own right.”
“We will be harnessing best of breed technologies that deliver
real advantage to our commanders and their staff. Equally important
is the development approach we are taking with our industry
partners, which is innovating in both technical and commercial
processes.”
The programme will exploit multiple streams of state-of-the-art
and SME technology and will deliver enhancements to the battlefield
both at home and deployed. Over the course of the programme,
decision-makers and technicians at the MOD, ARRC, CDW and Viasat
will collaborate and develop integrated systems, making use of
agile technical and commercial processes.
Nick Garland, Business Development Director for Defence at CDW
UK, commented: “It is an honour to be at the forefront of leading
technological change across multiple domains that will see
real-time benefit to a strategic headquarters. The LELANTOS
programme will deliver technological transformation aligned to the
core objectives of both the MOD and ARRC.”
The programme, originally referred to as ‘Agile C3
Experimentation’, was put out to open tender on the UK government’s
procurement platform, the Crown Commercial Service. CDW and Viasat
partnered to win the contract in a competitive tender.
Steve Beeching, Managing Director of Viasat UK, said: “Programme
LELANTOS provides an opportunity to challenge the status quo and
drive agile C3 innovation across NATO and its allies. This
partnership will leverage Viasat’s deep breadth of defence
experience and innovative technology approaches, alongside CDW’s
proven track record for delivering digital transformation solutions
across multiple industries to bring ARRC rapidly-deployable,
highly-secure and scalable land formation capabilities – which are
critically important in a rapidly evolving battlespace.”
About CDW UK: CDW UK is the UK-based arm of the world’s
leading IT services and solutions specialist. The company works
with customers in the private and public sector to provide
vendor-agnostic IT solutions and manage major IT infrastructure
projects. Find out more about the company at www.uk.cdw.com, and
you can also follow the company on Twitter, Facebook and
LinkedIn.
About Viasat: Viasat is a global communications company
that believes everyone and everything in the world can be
connected. For more than 30 years, Viasat has helped shape how
consumers, businesses, governments and militaries around the world
communicate. Today, the Company is developing the ultimate global
communications network to power high-quality, secure, affordable,
fast connections to impact people's lives anywhere they are—on the
ground, in the air or at sea. To learn more about Viasat, visit:
www.viasat.com.
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