Digitised Training Solutions & Services

The Defence Information Infrastructure Project

The Defence Information Infrastructure (Future) (DII(F)) Project is a £4Bn ten year defence procurement programme to develop, implement, operate, manage and deliver a wide range of services to Ministry of Defence personnel across the globe. Services include messaging, web access, collaboration, office automation, data management, directory, interoperability, end-to-end service management, security and application hosting services.

The aim of the DII Project is to enhance the Ministry of Defence’s operational effectiveness by providing better IT and communication systems. This will enable greater strategic and operational agility during times of crisis whilst also creating a greater economy of effort. DII will supply all MoD land based sites within the UK, permanent overseas sites, all maritime platforms and Royal Marine Commando Units.

The DII Project will deliver a managed infrastructure service that will:

  • Provide secure information and services, with protection from attack and misuse;
  • Provide guaranteed levels of availability and continuity of operational and business services;
  • Support the sharing of information with Allies and other external parties, including Other Government Departments;
  • Allow users to collaborate interactively;
  • Allow authorised users access from any appropriate location;
  • Be easy to use;
  • Provide a common look and feel across Defence;
  • Provide accurate and current directory information;
  • Be responsible to requests for new services;
  • Facilitate the electronic management of information and records needed to meet the Freedom of Information Act and the Governments targets on electronic public records.
The scope of DII is to provide at least 150,000 terminals to approximately 300,000 users at 2,000 locations around the world.

For General Dynamics, DII (F) provides an opportunity to roll out network and communications infrastructure and for the company to be an essential provider of training for service personnel and for supporting the IT in the battlespace. This substantial and long-term project builds on our expertise in delivering battlefield communications and IT as part of the Bowman programme. Back to top

Digitised Training Solutions

The BOWMAN Training Environment (BTE) has been developed by General Dynamics UK to underpin BOWMAN training in the MoD at all 3 levels: Individual; Team and Collective. The BTE is a BCIP derived product that enables the user to establish a BOWMAN data network within a classroom environment using COTS infrastructure with all of the inherent functionality of a BOWMAN User Data Terminal.

BTE licenses are in-service with the BOWMAN Training and Advisory Groups (BOWTAGs) and HQ ATRA for Individual and Team training and throughout the Army’s Collective Training Environment (CTE) which include the Combined Arms Staff Trainer (CAST) and Combined Arms Tactical Trainer (CATT). Back to top