Closed tender

Programme FRONTIER

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Published
1 August 2026
Submission
12 August 2026

Tender description

PROGRAMME FRONTIER - REQUEST FOR INFORMATION The Defence Cyber Electro-Magnetic Force is seeking industry insight and potential capability contributions to help define and deliver a frontier AI cyber defence capability. The objective is to explore how advanced AI can enable cyber defence operations to act at the speed, scale, and complexity of modern cyber threats, whilst maintaining sovereignty, security, operational control, and appropriate human oversight. This RFI continues the DAIC's engagement with Industry and responses to this will inform the future strategy.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Tender published1 August 2026
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Submission date12 August 2026

About the buyer

The Ministry of Defence is a ministerial department that runs its acquisition and procurement activity through a dedicated commercial function, led by the Director Commercial. Defence Equipment & Support buys, supports and supplies equipment such as jets, warships and armoured vehicles for the armed forces. Many purchasing agreements sit on the MOD Framework Library, its central list of framework routes to market.

Over the past 5 years, most of the Ministry of Defence's contract awards have been in IT services, architectural and engineering services and repair and maintenance.

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