The Ministry of Defence (MOD) have placed tender for the delivery of new software for planning the passage of craft through MOD airspace throughout the ministries global theatres of operation.

The tender has been placed under ‘extreme urgency’ with bidders being given a limited period of 10 days to provide an offer, with the 22nd of April being the deadline for submissions.

Due to the urgency placed on the bidding process, only suppliers who have had previous experience of delivering software applications to major airlines will be invited to offer tender.

The demand for a rapid system has been put down to ‘operational urgency’ according to the MOD.

The specifications of the service include aircraft dispatch, passenger management, and booking services with mobile functionality across services.

The MOD has not revealed the reason for the limited tender period and the cause of the operational urgency.

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