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715004451.1 Project VOLLEY (launcher)

Buyer: Ministry of Defence

Published
4 June 2025
Place of performance
UK
Notice number
029939-2025
Reference
ocds-h6vhtk-052c8a
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Description

This Prior Information Notice serves to inform Industry about a Project VOLLEY (launcher) Industry Day and to invite registration for the event. Additional information: Requirement Rapid launching of multiple fixed-wing Uncrewed Air Vehicles (UAV), from a single launcher, including set-up, firing and recovery time. Technical Launcher Requirement The launcher must be able to launch at least 5 reference UAVs within 4 minutes of the first UAV launch and recover within a maximum of 10 minutes from that first UAV launch, from a static and level position. The overall launcher must require a minimal set up time and then launch the UAVs after it has been instructed to do so by the User. There should be no more than a 1-minute interval between each launch o Assume: launch UAV 1 @ time zero; UAV 2 launches at ~60 seconds; UAV 3 launches at ~120 secs; UAV 4 at ~180 secs and UAV 5 will be launched within ~240 seconds of the first launch. o Assume: that Reference UAV requires no set up / prep of any sort; noting in real world that the UAV set up time might be the limiting factor to the above ideal “launch per minute.” • Able to launch the 5 reference UAV airframes to at least 60m/s (200km/h) (t…

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