Procurement

UK1 - Project OLCHAR

  • Ministry of Defence

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-066483

Description

The Authority is undertaking preliminary market engagement to understand and assess the availability and maturity of industry's capability of contributing to the development of a sovereign, safe by design Fuzing System incorporating an Electronic Safe & Arm Device (ESAD), intended for use across a range of armed uncrewed systems. The requirement concerns a common, platform agnostic safety and arming solution over which the Ministry of Defence will retain full intellectual property rights to enable future manufacture, modification and competitive integration.

Notices

UK2: Preliminary market engagement notice

Notice identifier
2026/S 000-020551
Published
6 March 2026, 3:36pm

UK1: Pipeline notice

Notice identifier
2026/S 000-020547
Published
6 March 2026, 3:35pm