Discussing new deployed technical architecture (DTA) in the United Kingdom, Robert Linton, Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S), U.K. Ministry of Defense (MoD), served as the featured speaker at the chapter's April event. Linton explained how the DTA has been developed and implemented relatively quickly, thanks to support from senior military officials. The changes focus on creating a coherent and holistic architecture for deployed troops in Afghanistan. The program aims at becoming scalable, modular and flexible while remaining affordable, achievable and accreditable. The DE&S are working on a rolling five-year plan with staged transitions, which are vital for deployment to an operational area. The plan includes logical architecture, or what the MoD wants to achieve; physical architecture, or when and where the MoD wants it; and physical design, or how the MoD plans to deploy it.

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