GD Wins £110M Contract for BCIP from UK MoD

General Dynamics UK has been awarded the £110 million Bowman ComBAT Information and Platform BISA (BCIP) Sustainment Programme contract by the UK Ministry of Defence. "This contract secures the future of Bowman for the British Armed Forces and ensures significant cost savings for the MoD and the British taxpayer," explained Andrew Browne, vice president, C4I Systems at General Dynamics UK. "It also ensures that the user gets the latest capability rapidly, easily and effectively, and that the UK maintains an important sovereign core capability and skills base." With the BCIP Sustainment contract, General Dynamics UK will deliver: -- Cost savings over the previous sustainment programme by integrating lessons learnt during previous sustainment and upgrade programmes; -- The latest capability to the British Forces at a rapid pace; -- Seamlessly integrated in-service support and development activities to incrementally deliver the latest capability to the user as soon as it is ready; and -- Planned migration from the newly delivered BCIP 5.4 capability to BCIP 5.5 within two years. The integrated elements of the BCIP Sustainment Programme consist of: Design, Development & Manufacture; Training; Field services; Supply Support Services; Technical Assurance Services; and Logistics Information Services and Integrated Logistics Support to manage equipment availability.