Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made on the LE TacCIS tactical communications project.

The Land Environment Tactical Communication Information Systems (LE TacCIS) programme consists of multiple sub-programmes and projects, with the aim to deliver the next generation of tactical military communications in the land environment.

Within the last six months the Bowman Combat, Infrastructure and Platform Battlefield Information System Application (PBISA) (BCIP 5.6) has reached full operational capability; the Ministry of Defence has awarded a logistics support contract to Babcock, providing support to the entire LE TacCIS portfolio, specifically inventory management and modelling, information management and technical services; and has launched a competition for the design and integration partner for the Army's Dismounted Situational Awareness (DSA) programme.

Other projects within the programme are at differing states of maturity, as expected in an enduring programme of this nature.