BOWMAN Combat Radio System
(asked on 17th January 2024) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department plans to upgrade the BOWMAN tactical radio system, in the context of the cancellation of the Morpheus programme.
This question was answered on 25th January 2024
Bowman is a capable system having been upgraded several times (most recently between 2018-20). It will be updated again under the Bowman 5.7 project (commissioned last year as a result of the delay to MORPHEUS).
Bowman’s Out of Service Date was 2026 and this has now been extended out to no later than 2035, and no earlier than 2031, to bridge the capability gap until MORPHEUS delivers.