Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 23 May 2022 to Question 4466 on LE TacCIS Programme, whether his Department has agreed a new date with Elbit for the Battlefield Management Application (BMA); and whether the requirements for the BMA have been adjusted.

The Battlefield Management Application (BMA) was delivered under the terms of the contract with Elbit which expired on the 30 April 2022. As all obligations had been met, there was no requirement to extend this contract further.

With regards to the requirements for the BMA, I refer the right hon. Member to the answer the previous Minister for Defence Procurement gave to him on 23 May 2022 to Question 4466.