Contract Awarded for UK Mine Hunting Capabilities

SeeByte has been awarded a contract to continue providing C2, mission-level autonomy, target recognition, support, and development services to the Mine Hunting Capability Delivery Team By Abi Wylie / 12 Jun 2024

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Contract Awarded for UK Mine Hunting Capabilities
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SeeByte Ltd. has been awarded a three-year contract to provide its suite of C2, mission-level autonomy, target recognition, support, and development services.

The contract comes from Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S), part of the UK Ministry of Defence, and will provide services for the Mine Hunting Capability (MHC) Delivery Team and related programmes in support of the Royal Navy.

This multi-year award directly continues services first procured by DE&S in March 2022 and will secure the supply, support, and evolutionary development necessary to maintain the Royal Navy’s integration with SeeByte software.

The company’s software is now widely fielded in different applications by the Royal Navy and its NATO allies and works collectively and collaboratively to optimise the operation and effectiveness of its autonomous vehicles, both surface and underwater.

This also includes continued support and maintenance services for software products currently fielded by UK government agencies. These include their Multi Domain C2, Mission Level Autonomy and Automatic Target Recognition (ATR) solutions that are already fielded, operationally proven and in-service with the UK, US and NATO Navies.

The contract has a three-year initial term with options to extend the duration up to two (2) additional years. The base contract award is £2.4M with the potential for future flexible tasking orders up to a maximum of £50M over the full contract term.

Matt Fitchett, MHC Programme Director at SeeByte, said; “SeeByte are proud to have supported the MHC Programme over the last 2 years delivering C2 and Autonomy software solutions to enable operational integration of the heterogenous Maritime Autonomous Systems in use by MHC, with this new contract we look forward to delivering further enhanced capability to the MHC Programme and the Royal Navy.”

Andy Lapsley, Mine Hunting Capability Team Leader at DE&S, added; “The awarding of this contract strengthens our support for the Royal Navy and underpins our collective mission to make the disposal of sea mines safer, more efficient and effective, through enhanced capability. 

“The world-class software products offered by SeeByte will ensure that our ships and submarines are protected by cutting-edge autonomous mine hunting systems, enabling them to move freely at sea, and directly contributing to the continued prosperity and security of our nation.”

Posted by Abi Wylie Edited by Abigail Wylie, Editor and Copywriter experienced in digital media with a keen interest in ocean science technology. Connect & Contact

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