Testing and evaluation of Counter-UAS for UKRI

Original titleUKRI-6358 Testing and Evaluation of Counter-UAS (Drone)

Tender submission6 Nov 2026, 11:00 UTCin 26 days

Estimated valueGBP 80K≈ EUR 94KThe buyer's estimate before any award, or the estimated maximum of a US arms-sale notification. Not a contract.

BuyerUK Research & Innovation · UK

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Procurement context

This tender is open and closes in 26 days (deadline 6 Nov 2026).
The estimated value is GBP 80K; it is not an awarded amount.
The buyer is UK Research & Innovation (UK).
It is categorised as Services & operations, with mission focus counter uas.

AI summary of the notice

UK Research & Innovation is procuring a supplier to assist in the testing and evaluation of Counter-UAS demonstrations in Prison Environments. The supplier must provide test facilities, personnel, equipment, drones, and qualified pilots. The value of this procurement is GBP 80,000.

UKRI are looking to procure a supplier to assist in the testing and evaluation of the Counter-UAS demonstrations in Prison Environments competition. The supplier must provide all the required test facilities, personnel and equipment, including a variety of drones to test the C-UAS units against, and one, or more, qualified pilot(s) to fly them.

Buyer

UK Research & Innovation

agency · Swindon

Published

9 Oct 2026

Offering

Services & operations

Domain

Air

End use

Defense & security researchMilitary

Reference

FTS-ocds-h6vhtk-07850b

Original Source

UK Contracts Finder↗

https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/095793-2026

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Data quality

86/100High

Composite of source reliability, field completeness and cross-references.

Source: UK Contracts FinderOfficial registry
Completeness: 6/7 core fields
Corroboration: 1 source
Updated: 2026-10-10

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