The Ministry of Defence is preparing to place an interim 18-month contract worth up to £180 million, including VAT, with Babcock Integrated Technology Limited to keep the British Army’s tactical communications equipment maintained and repaired while a competitively tendered successor is procured. The transparency notice, published on 10 August 2026, covers logistics support, repair and overhaul for the Land Environment Tactical Communications and Information Systems, or TacCIS — the network of radios, data terminals and associated infrastructure built around the Bowman system that carries voice and data across a deployed Army formation. Bowman has been due for replacement for well…
