PERMANENT AWARD EVIDENCE

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MINISTRY OF DEFENCE · published 3 Feb 2026. This page preserves the identifiers and current held fields for one Contracts Finder release; it is not an invoice, performance assessment or complete contract history.

Contracts Finder release ID43c8aa0f-8f22-4f2d-94cf-e1985bdc1ebd-881858
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-94636402-64c0-43d2-95cd-e09e96e42134
Buyer identifierGB-SRS-sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/7U7AuvS7
Release typeaward
PUBLISHED COMMERCIAL FIELDS

Values stay separate.

A tender estimate and an award value answer different questions. Neither is treated as cash paid.

Award value
£200,000
award field
Tender value
£223,000
tender field
Procurement method
Single tender action (below threshold)
Category
goods
CPV
73400000
Research and Development services on security and defence materials
Delivery
Not stated
SW1A 2EU
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

UAS and Service in Support

Tender statuscomplete
STAGE-DATE LEDGER

Reported dates, without an invented lifecycle.

The current projection contains one award release, not a verified chain of planning, tender, award, contract and modification records. Dates are shown in source-field order and are not silently repaired.

  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release3 Feb 2026
  2. 02Tender period endsTender-period field as published5 Dec 2025
  3. 03Contract startsContract-period field as published15 Dec 2025
  4. 04Contract endsContract-period field as published11 Dec 2026
SUPPLIER EVIDENCE

Published names and exact identifiers

A company profile appears only when this release carries a usable company number. Name-only suppliers remain name-only.

Published name only

Aether Aerospace

No legal entity is inferred from this supplier name.

SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 3 Feb 2026 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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