Logica and Atos have been picked to provide new HR software in order to streamline resources for the French Ministry of Defence over a 7 year contract.

The deal will see the Department of Defence merge five systems currently in place and accessed by over 300,000 users into one complete system. The design and implementation will be complete at the end of 2014 and will be rolled out to the civil service within the next three years.

General Jacques Roudière, Ministry of Defence Human Resources director, said: "It will be the cornerstone of our HR management by providing value-add at all levels in our HR chain, including officers in contact with the administration and those responsible for local management at headquarters”.