Bowman is a tactical communications system integrating digital voice and data technology to provide secure radio, telephone, intercom and tactical internet services in a modular and fully integrated system. The programme included the digitisation of more than 18,000 platforms, including vehicles, helicopters, naval vessels, landing craft and fixed HQ buildings.

Secure Data Transceiver (SDT) 500 isa fully accredited device using the Pritchel II chipset developed for the Bowman programme. The programme came under scrutiny following a National Audit Office accountability hearing for the government's procurement policy and was generally considered to be a success considering the complexity and changing needs of the UK Armed Forces. [6] But all this hasn’t resulted in a bike that is harsh to ride. Quite the contrary, I’ve put in many long rides this winter, including a several over 120km, as well as completing the Festive 500 on it, and it has been comfortable for the entirety. Whether this is down to the slender, bridgeless seatstays, the skinny 27.2mm seat post or the plump 28c tyres, it’s hard to discern. Really, it’s probably a combination of all of them and the end result is a comfy ride. On the descents, the Palace 3 was rapid, with the wide and grippy rubber offering oodles of grip. With the wheels spinning perfectly true and the high degree of faith set store in the brakes providing the confidence to let go. Models are designated "UK/PRC", which stands for "United Kingdom / Portable Radio Communications", or "UK/VRC", which is "United Kingdom / Vehicle Radio Communications". Following this logic "UK/ARC" stands for "United Kingdom / Airborne Radio Communications".a b "Morpheus Project: next generation tactical communication information systems for defence". 1 August 2016 . Retrieved 21 June 2017. The procurement and support of Bowman is led by the Battlefield And Tactical Communications and Information Systems (BATCIS) delivery team, for many years within Defence Equipment and Support, now part of Information Systems & Services at MoD Abbey Wood. Under the terms of the baseline contract, ITT Defence delivered some 26,000 ADR+ radios and 8,000 VPTs, complemented by 580 examples of the UK/ARC341 VHF aircraft role radio (a derivative of the company's SINCGARS AN/ARC-201D airborne transceiver) for helicopter platforms.

The British Army has imposed a limit on the time armored vehicle crew can exercise in their vehicles, as it investigates the headsets crew members use for the possibility that they could be causing hearing loss. A 2007 report by the Commons Public Accounts Committee was overwhelmingly critical of the entire system and its procurement. [7] The report itself was split into four sections entitled: "programme governance arrangements were not fit for purpose", "initial decisions were not well informed", "through life costs were not rigorously assessed", and "operational benefits are limited". The frame is of aluminum construction, is consists of mitered tubes that have been welded at the junctions. The forks are of carbon construction. The interface between the frame and the fork uses two bearings in the top of the head tube and the bottom of the headtube. The bottom bearing seat is slightly flared to allow for a larger diameter bearing. All the rumours you've heard. It is as bad as you've heard. But we have been told that, politically, we have got to make it work. Now you guys will have to go out and find a way of making it work. I think it’s more serious than that: they have nothing to write or talk about…Cycling press as you call it, are mostly bunch of illiterate retards in bibs. Most of them does not have elementary school grade knowledge of physics, maths, or any other thing that is science related.Provision of the associated User Data Terminal (UDT) for vehicular and static use was contracted to DRS Tactical Systems Inc, which also produces the Bowman Management Data Terminal (BMDT) for network management, the Vehicle User Data Terminal (VUDT) with keyboard and touchscreen for use on the move, the Staff User Data Terminal (SUDT) for command centres, and the PBISA Processing Unit (PBPU) for Challenger 2 tanks. ComBAT and P-BISA are the two main components in the battle management system which was procured as part of the UK’s Bowman project.