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Project Beehive – USV (Unmanned Surface Vessel) and GCS (Ground Control System) Procurement

Ministry of Defence

CompleteOCDS ID ocds-h6vhtk-05db5c
Tender value£10,250,0001 awards · 0 contracts

01 Procurement

Tender overview

Updated 10 March 2026
Buyer
Ministry of Defence
Status
Complete
Procurement method
Competitive flexible procedure
Category
goods
CPV classification
Not supplied
Tender period
Not supplied — Not supplied

Description

The Royal Navy requires A fleet of 20 Uncrewed Surface Vessel orUSVs for SURFLOT, these platforms will be utilised for training, Tactic Development, Warfare Development, Capability Development, and operations in the UK Are of Responsibility and beyond. This project is to be a spiral development, with the initial platform requirement of USV’s to be TRL 4/5, with open architecture for future development, this capability is key to maintaining operational relevance against peer threats. The Hybrid Navy transition will require development and testing of new technologies and whilst much of this work will be conducted by Navy Development, Disruptive capabilities, and technology officer, the SURFLOT Fleet of USVs will act as test beds to provide Learning from experience. Engineering support for OEM integration of spiral capabilities will be considered as part of the bid process. Works of this Project will have a focus on the South, South west regions.

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02 Awards and contracts

Published award records

1 shown
Pending

Pj Beehive

Awarded
5 March 2026
Award value
£10,250,000
Suppliers
1
Signed contract
Not supplied

03 Organisations

Buyers, suppliers and other parties

13 parties
Buyer

Ministry of Defence

Zone D, Ground Floor, Ministry of Defence Main Building, London, UKI32, SW1A 2EU, United Kingdom

GB-PPON PHVX-4316-ZVGZ
Tenderer

BAE SYSTEMS SURFACE SHIPS LIMITED

Victory Point, Lyon Way, Frimley, Camberley, UKJ25, GU16 7EX, United Kingdom

Companies House 06160534 →
Tenderer

SIERRA NEVADA CORPORATION MISSION SYSTEMS UK, LTD

C/O Clyde & Co Llp, St Botolph Building, 138 Houndsditch, LONDON, UKI31, EC3A 7AR, United Kingdom

Companies House 09980940 →
Tenderer

SYOS AEROSPACE UK LIMITED

C/O Bdo Llp Arcadia House, Maritime Walk, Ocean Village,, Southampton, UKJ32, SO14 3TL, United Kingdom

Companies House 15308877 →
Tenderer

UTEK

C/Faraday No.7 Universidad Autonoma de, Madrid, Spain, ES, 28049, Spain

GB-PPON PZTN-1776-LVPW

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04 Provenance

Source for this process

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