Question follow-through · 9478
BOWMAN Combat Radio System
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress he has made on the Bowman 5.7 upgrade.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 12 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 16 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 22 Jun 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment · 23 Jun 2026
- Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness · 23 Jun 2026
- Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 · 22 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
12 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress he has made on the Bowman 5.7 upgrade.
16 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
22 Jun 2026
Answer published
The Programme team does not recognise the term “Bowman 5.7”. Bowman refers to the radio element of the wider Bowman Common Battlefield Infrastructure and Platform (BCIP), which is often used as shorthand for the overall system. BCIP 5.7 is a proposed upgr...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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