The Ministry of Defence has awarded Thales UK Limited a contract worth £9.82 million to continue providing the Link 16 Network Management System, the software that monitors and reconfigures one of the UK armed forces’ core tactical data links. The award, published as a contract award notice on 10 August 2026, runs for a two-year base term with two further one-year extension options, plus provision for out-of-hours crisis operations support, and follows a signature date of 7 August 2026. Link 16 is the NATO-standard secure data link that lets aircraft, ships and ground systems exchange real-time situational awareness across a…
