Unmanned aerial vehicles

Tender description

The procurement of a drone demonstration and development contract will enable the MCA to assess the potential use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) to augment current and future aerial surveillance capability by reducing, enhancing or replacing existing delivery methods. It will seek to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of MCA operations whilst reducing the risk to MCA personnel. The procurement of a drone demonstration and development contract will enable the MCA to assess the potential use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) to augment current and future aerial surveillance capability by reducing, enhancing or replacing existing delivery methods. It will seek to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of MCA operations whilst reducing the risk to MCA personnel. The key deliverable the MCA aims to achieve from a drone demonstration and development contract is to address and remove the regulatory issues and barriers to allow Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) flight in unsegregated and uncontrolled UK airspace. The resulting evidence will support any recommendation for the employment of drones and provide evidence for the value for money argument of an operational capability.