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The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD), through its JHub team, procured from BLUE BEAR SYSTEMS RESEARCH LTD nine micro-computers and bespoke swarming software valued at GBP 625,000 to integrate onto Royal Marine experimental UAVs used as modular air vehicles for Find, Lift, Protect, and Strike missions, including logistic resupply. The 4-month contract from March to July 2021 supports edge processing swarming software architecture, development of beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) operational safety cases, trials with frontline users, and digital logistic demand software plugins.
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