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Awarded · ResultStage · contract

Ministry of Defence

Flexible Tactical Uncrewed Air System (FTUAS) - Navy UCR

Security & DefenceCPV 35000000 35600000 35610000
Value£16.6m
Awarded22 Jul 2022
Published24 Apr 2023
RegionUK-wide
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£16.6mtotal contract value
median £210k
this tender£0£17.9m

This is a large award for Security, Defence & Safety Equipment — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 4,182 valued Security, Defence & Safety Equipment tenders in our corpus.

The brief

The requirement is for the provision of a number of Uncrewed Air Systems (UAS) and ancillaries under a Military Owned Military Operated (MOMO) arrangement to be delivered to the Royal Navy (RN) and Integrated onto a Naval Warship, to provide the RN with a Flexible Tactical Uncrewed Air System (FTUAS) Urgent Capability Requirement (UCR) for RN forward presence shipping to counter Crewed and Uncrewed Surface Vessels (USVs) in an operational theatre.

The requirement will also require the Contractor to provide a FTUAS system at a UK Royal Navy Air Station, technical information, through life support, as well as the provision of training for operators and maintainers.

The requirement is for a capability to FIND, FIX, TRACK and ASSESS Fast Inshore Attack Craft, Crewed and Uncrewed, operating alone, in large numbers.

It is anticipated that the solution will permanently embark on a Naval Warship to provide a persistent, intimate, integrated and assured capability.

The ability to operate at sufficient range from its parent ship to facilitate timely decision making is anticipated as is the need for a Maritime Surface Surveillance Radar to satisfactorily deliver "FIND".

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

The requirement will also require the Contractor

The requirement will also require the Contractor to provide a FTUAS system at a UK Royal Navy Air Station, technical information, through life support, as well as the provision of training for operators and maintainers.

02

It is anticipated that the solution

It is anticipated that the solution will permanently embark on a Naval Warship to provide a persistent, intimate, integrated and assured capability.

03

The ability to operate at sufficient range

The ability to operate at sufficient range from its parent ship to facilitate timely decision making is anticipated as is the need for a Maritime Surface Surveillance Radar to satisfactorily deliver "FIND".

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Source & provenance
OCID
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Stage
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Source
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