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The United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence has announced plans and funding for the development of a sovereign hypersonic strike capability.
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Ninety organisations from across industry and academia have secured a place on a £1 billion transformational Hypersonic Technologies & Capability Development Framework (HTCDF) agreement set up to rapidly develop advanced hypersonic missile capabilities for the UK.
The organisations accepted onto the eight-lot framework, which is led by the Ministry of Defence’s (MOD) Team Hypersonics (UK), will now be eligible to bid for contracts; the maximum value of the framework across the next seven years is up to £1 billion.
The award of contracts on the framework will be managed by commercial experts at DE&S.
Project delivery has been designed with pace in mind, with the framework adopting mechanisms which align procurement and development objectives, preventing the traditional challenges that impede capability acquisition.
The approach to developing an agile route to market is part of a broader drive across MOD to increase the speed of defence procurement.
“We had a fantastic response from those wanting to be part of what is an iconic national endeavour,” Team Hypersonics (UK) Program Director Paul Wilson said.
