Who won: Fire Control Battlefield Information System Application(FC BISA) In Service Support Contract

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Description Command and Control, Targeting, Navigation and Communications (C2TNC) lies within the new Sense Decide Communicate (SDC) Operating Centre of Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S) which is an arm’s length body of the Ministry of Defence, acting on behalf of the Secretary of State for Defence (“The Authority”). The Command and Control, Targeting, Navigation and Communications team intends to place a single source contract with CGI IT Ltd estimated at £42.7m for the In-Service Support for the Fire Control Battlefield Information System (FC BISA) and ensure the capability is sustained. This requirement is subject to the Procurement Act 2023. Total Quantity & Scope FC BISA is the Command, Control, Communications, Computation and Information (C4I) application that generates firing data for artillery and mortars. It currently operates on the Bowman ComBAT Infrastructure and Platform (BCIP) system. FC BISA was brought into service with the Royal Artillery in 2008 and was designed to be a fully networked digital fires capability. It has had many iterations since 2008 the most recent in development is FC BISA v4.3.2. FC BISA v4.3 has been developed to achieve an operational and sa

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