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Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom

1. Title: CRYPTOGRAPHIC SERVICES – EXPORTING OPPORTUNITY
2. Awarding Authority: Secretary of State for Business, Innovation & Skills acting on behalf of UK Trade & Investment (UKTI), GB. Web:
3. Contract type: Service contract
4. Description: Opportunity type NATO
Industry Defence
NATO requirement for new HF tactical radios and ancillary equipment.
NATO requires a pool of sufficient High-Frequency (HF) Tactical radios to support the
war-fighter with a mix of manpack, vehicular and maritime communication capabilities
in all battle-space environments. The HF tactical radios will directly support the command and control (C2) needs of the deployed commander through the provision of reliable netted secure voice and secure data communications to NATO elements, operating in environments that require a flexible and continuous communications
capability. The Ssrategic commands (SCs) have directed that the new generation HF radios shall be used to support the core SATCOM capability for static commands,
NATO signal battalions and NATO Response Force [SJO2] missions at an operational distance of up to 4,000 km from Brussels.
The HF tactical radios procured by this project will replace the current NATO inventory of HF radios (Harris AN/PRC-150C) and ancillary equipment related to it.
New radios shall support fix frequency, ALE (Automatic Link Establishment) compliance for second, third and fourth generation (2G, 3G and 4G), STANAG 4538, MIL-STD-461, MIL-STD-188-141D.
The new radios shall support the provision of netted voice and data communications in On-The-Pause (OTP) mode designed for the dismounted soldier and static headquarters mode of operations.
The new radios shall have narrowband and wideband HF communication.
The new radios shall be based on a software-defined architecture that will allow a future upgrade to support new tactical narrowband and wideband waveforms.
The new radios shall embed the necessary crypto modes for Communication
Security (COMSEC) and transmission security (TRANSEC) protection that have to be evaluated by the Security and Evaluation Agency (SECAN) and eventually approved by the military committee (MC).
The key deliverables to be provided through this project are:
approximately 90 HF tactical radios;
OTP ancillaries, to include handsets, ground skywave and NVIS antennas, battery packs, chargers and speakers to support the manpack and static headquarters
5. CPV Code(s): 64200000, 32000000, 51320000
6. NUTS code(s): UKC, UKD, UKE, UKF, UKG, UKH, UKI, UKJ, UKK, UKL, UKM, UKN
7. Main site or location of works, main place of delivery or main place of performance: NATO
8. Reference attributed by awarding authority: Not provided.
9. Estimated value of requirement: Not provided.
10. Opportunity closing date 29.1.2023 (00:00:00).
11. Address to which they must be sent: For further information regarding the above contract notice please visit:
12. Other information: TKR-2023110-EX-1529453