UK5 NOTICE - DDAITF/011 Project CARRION Mission Software and Integration Services
Details
- Buyer
- Ministry of Defence
- Supplier(s)
- APPLIED INTUITION UK LTD
- Value
- £4,977,790
- Duration
- 2 years
- Topic
- Development of software for military applications
- Published
- 12 October 2026
- Source
- uk:find_a_tender
Tender description
Project CARRION will procure software products and integration services from Applied Intuition to develop and mature autonomous swarm mission capabilities across heterogeneous uncrewed systems, building on the test and evaluation undertaken through Project LOW, which was competivily tendered through Dstl. The contract will include mission autonomy, swarm coordination, mission planning and control software, simulation and test environments, platform integration and related technical support. It excludes air vehicles, effectors, sensors, communications equipment, launch and recovery infrastructure, range and safety services, and airworthiness or certification activities. The intended outcome is a validated, MOD-sovereign, open-architecture capability that supports future competition and further development towards operational use. ## Contract award
Timeline
- Completed: Award published12 October 2026Current notice
- Completed: Award date12 October 2026
- Next: Contract expiry date31 March 2028in 18 months
About the buyer
The Ministry of Defence is a ministerial department that runs its acquisition and procurement activity through a dedicated commercial function, led by the Director Commercial. Defence Equipment & Support buys, supports and supplies equipment such as jets, warships and armoured vehicles for the armed forces. The Defence Infrastructure Organisation plans, builds and maintains the defence estate separately from equipment procurement. Suppliers can register on the Defence Sourcing Portal, the department's end-to-end eProcurement system for contract opportunities. Many purchasing agreements sit on the MOD Framework Library, its central list of framework routes to market.
Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.
Over the past 5 years, most of the Ministry of Defence's contract awards have been in IT services, architectural and engineering services and repair and maintenance.
Relevant CPV codes
- 72231000 · Development of software for military applications
Decision makers
Connect with the people behind this procurement.
| Contact name | Job title | Phone number | Work email |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of Procurement | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@ministry-of-defence.gov | |
| Commercial Director | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@ministry-of-defence.gov | |
| Procurement Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@ministry-of-defence.gov | |
| Category Lead | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@ministry-of-defence.gov | |
| Senior Buyer | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@ministry-of-defence.gov | |
| Contracts Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@ministry-of-defence.gov |
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