questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how his Department defines initial operating capability in the context of the new 155mm Boxer-related 155mm artillery programme.
answerText: The Mobile Fires Platform project will be a product of the Integrated Procurement Model(IPM), and as such, Minimum Deployable Capability(MDC) will replace Initial Operating Capability(IOC) and Full Operating Capability(FOC).
heading: Artillery: Procurement