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Capability-based tenders with mandatory spiral updates

THE CHALLENGE

Overly detailed technical specifications can freeze a solution when the tender is issued. Software, communications, payloads and countermeasures then cannot evolve at operational speed. Disproportionate turnover, liquidity or past-performance thresholds can also exclude technically capable SMEs.

PROPOSED ACTION

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RESPONSIBLE STAKEHOLDERS

National procurement agencies; in Germany, BAAINBw

TIMELINE

12 months

TARGET

At least 50% of new UAS and C-UAS tenders use capability-based requirements and a spiral-update clause; eligibility criteria are documented as proportionate; median authorised update cycle below 90 days.