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# 713661450 - SAWCS SCU In Service Support

[Defence Equipment and Support](https://tendernation.io/buyers/defence-equipment-and-support)

Estimated value

Not stated

Published

2 Dec 2025

Deadline

Rolling deadline

## About this tender

The Secretary of State for Defence (the Authority), through the Sonar and Maritime Sensors (SaMS) Project Team within Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S), intends to place a 5.5-year contract, with Ultra Maritime UK (UMUK) for the In-Service Support of the Submarine Acoustic Warfare Control System (SAWCS) Stores Control Unit (SCU).

SAWCS is a bespoke Inboard countermeasure control system developed exclusively for Royal Navy (RN) submarines. It is used with Submarine Counter-measure Acoustic Device (SCAD) 101/102 providing defence to RN submarines from hostile torpedoes by providing a torpedo decoy capability. Support will be provided to the RN submarines fitted with SAWCS to maintain availability of the units, including spares maintenance, engineering support and obsolescence management.

Source

Find a Tender (UK) · Notice ocds-h6vhtk-0504af-2025-12-02T12:21:30Z

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