Nonetheless, we challenged the Department on its need to get better at stopping and improving failing digital programmes.47 The Department stated it had recently paused its core networks programme to make changes to its design before going out to the market.48 They also paused specific software components of the Morpheus programme (itself a sub- component of the Land Environment Tactical Communications and Information Systems (LE TacCIS) programme) as they did not believe these were being del...

Nonetheless, we challenged the Department on its need to get better at stopping and improving failing digital programmes.47 The Department stated it had recently paused its core networks programme to make changes to its design before going out to the market.48 They also paused specific software components of the Morpheus programme (itself a sub- component of the Land Environment Tactical Communications and Information Systems (LE TacCIS) programme) as they did not believe these were being delivered appropriately.49 However, they stated that while there have been problems with one component part of Morpheus, they would still deliver continuous Type: conclusion | Number: 15 | Response status: not_addressed Government response: 4. PAC conclusion: The department is struggling to deliver its largest, most transformational digital programmes. 4a. PAC recommendation: In its update to us in six months, the department should also explain the actions it has taken to improve its performance in