Future Notice: Kinetic Effector Rfi Tender, United Kingdom - 95263542

Procurement Summary

Country : United Kingdom

Summary : Future Notice: Kinetic Effector Rfi

Deadline : 11 Jan 2025

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Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 95263542

Document Ref. No. : JAN462853

Competition : ICB

Financier : Self Financed

Purchaser Ownership : Public

Tender Value : Refer Document

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Tender Details

The Authorities seek to determine market potential and consider market views on the requirements with a view to ensure such views are considered for any potential procurement that the Authorities may wish to launch.



Title: Kinetic Effector RFI

OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-042b9e

Published by: Home Office

Authority ID: AA76013

Publication Date: 11/01/2024

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Notice Type: Prior Information Notice

Has Documents: No

Has SPD: No

Abstract: A ‘kinetic effector- is often referred to as a ‘hard kill- or ‘hard stop- solution but could also allow the physical capture and retrieval of a drone. Like other forms of counter-drone effectors, these are used to protect against drone incursions. Various methods capture, entangle or physically disable a drone, preventing it from reaching the intended target or carrying out the intended mission. Because of how they operate, kinetic effectors may be classed as ‘firearms- and as such the operational use of them is limited. For this RFI, ‘kinetic effectors- includes ammunition for existing firearms or platforms, as well as bespoke systems such as ‘smart- weapons sighting systems. Specially designed ammunition may also require use of a firearm by an Authorised Firearms Officer (AFO). Remotely piloted aircraft, drones or Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) are used to carry out a whole host of functions by all sections of the community, including both legitimate and illegal activity....

[Disclaimer: This is Prior Information Notice so no specific deadline was given hence we have added 1 year from the date of posting.]

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