Official UK procurement notice
Strike Net Virtual Event Calling Notice
Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis is a Calling Notice only and not a tendering opportunity.
The Royal Navy’s Develop Directorate will host an online Industry Engagement event on 14 May 2025.
The Naval Strike Network (now Strike Net) programme was launched in 2022 with a remit to deliver the common data standards and architecture to enable rapid and effective integration of uncrewed assets e.g. UAVs into the maritime deployed domain where operations are often as part of a multi-national force.
In 2024 the programme’s remit expanded to include the communications and software architecture to enable effective integration and delivery of effect across crewed and uncrewed platforms in a hybrid multi-national environment. As such Strike Net is at the heart of many future capabilities that are being developed in multiple operating domains.
Designed for deployed operations in a contested and congested environment it has three main capability themes:
- Communications bearers and management.
- Peer to peer data sharing to enable third party exploitation.
- Uncrewed Vehicle integration.
CPV: Command, control, communication systems · Communication satellites · Tactical command, control and communication systems · Unmanned combat aerial vehicles · Unmanned underwater vehicles
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 10 Mar 2025, 15:16 GMT
- Last source update
- 10 Mar 2025, 15:16 GMT
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-008563- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04eb19Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
10 Mar 2025 → 14 May 2025 · 3 dates- Planning notice published10 Mar 2025, 15:16 GMT
- Market engagement7 Apr 2025, 23:59 BST
This event is the continuation of previous industry engagements and comes as the Strike Net Design Authority is being stood up and the programme matures from concept phase towards delivery of a minimum deployable capability. It will not only provide an update on the programme status, its context within the future navy and forthcoming opportunities but also will include time for Q and A from interested partners.
To register to attend please complete this sign-up form no later than 17:00 on 7th April 2025 forms.office.com/e/RWdXGkWdHt ↗
You can find the full calling notice document within DSP.
If you do not have a DSP account, please email the MEPG team who will forward you the notice document.
- Contract starts14 May 2025, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published10 Mar 2025, 15:16 GMTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender