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SDA Capability Map 2026 update

Upcoming United Kingdom Research & development

Buyer Defence Science and Technology Laboratory

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The UK government is running a market information exercise, not a procurement, and it will issue no contract. Industry is invited to complete a standardised spreadsheet describing the systems, sensors, products and data solutions it offers that could meet UK Cross-Government Space Domain Awareness requirements. Responses will feed a Capability Map comparing current UK capabilities against the requirement set and showing how commercial offerings could close gaps, while gap analysis will identify areas needing further research and development. This 2026 update follows the revised SDA Requirements and earlier calls, which will likely be repeated. Information is kept confidential, accessible only to UK Government departments and agencies, and earlier respondents are asked to submit current capabilities, with multiple returns allowed.

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Description

**Update 22/10/2026 - There's just over a week remaining to contribute information about potential systems, sensors, products and data solutions that could potentially help address the UK cross-government SDA requirements. Please do consider providing information.** Note, this activity is not directly related to a specific procurement and any information provided are without commitment and prejudice for all parties. Therefore, there will not be a contract issued following this exercise. The purpose of this spreadsheet is to understand how different systems, sensors, products and data solutions provided by industry could address the UK Cross-Government SDA requirements. This may help to inform the potential contributions to a UK SDA Systems of Systems that will address these requirements operationally. UK government will use the data provided in the creation of a Capability Map, allowing analysis of current UK capabilities against the requirement set, including consideration of how commercial offerings could close gaps. Furthermore, gap analysis on the full Capability Map will allow UK government to identify areas where further research and development activity may be required, when no sovereign or commercial offerings are available to meet a requirement. With the 2026 update to the SDA Requirements, and in order to keep the Capability Map current, this RFI activity is a continuation of the previous call and will likely be repeated in the future. This RFI provides the standardised format for commercial to demonstrate current capabilities and reflect growth, and UK government to track the health of the sector and available capabilities. We ask that respondees complete the spreadsheet for the systems etc they offer. This may require multiple returns, depending on the commercial capability. If you have responded to a previous call please do so again with your current capabilities. Note, this activity is not directly related to a specific procurement and any information provided are without commitment and prejudice for all parties. All information provided in this data collection exercise will remain confidential, in-line with the Civil Service Code, with access granted only to UK Government departments and agencies. Where specific handling is required please do note this in the spreadsheet in the "Comments on Data Handling" section. Please keep all data entry at no higher than UK OFFICIAL. All returns will be treated as UK OFFICIAL-SENSITIVE COMMERCIAL. Please do let us know if you have information you would like to share at a higher classification and we can facilitate this. Please submit your responses to ssa@dstl.gov.uk

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Market

Research & development in United Kingdom

median open notice
€246,046
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Market context

open now in Research & development
428
median open notice
€246,046

Who wins in this market

Many suppliers

United Kingdom · Research & development

different companies won awards here
218
of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
9%
buyers awarded contracts here
108

Based on 322 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners.

The buyer in figures

Defence Science and Technology Laboratory

notices in the register
34
awards
30
awarded in total
€19.4M

Who wins its contracts

Many suppliers
different companies won its awards
27
of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
17%

Based on 29 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners.

Defence Science and Technology Laboratory

United Kingdom

This buyer has no award history in this sector yet. Usual winners, Research & development - United Kingdom

Company Wins Total awarded Last win
Ipsos (market research) LTD 12 €30.8M Sep 2026
Ove Arup 9 €7.1M Oct 2026
IFF Research Limited 8 €5.6M Sep 2026
AtkinsRéalis Jacobs Joint Venture 8 €1.8M Oct 2026
WSP uk limited 6 €5.9M Sep 2026

Based on 322 awards with a linked company profile over the last 2 years.

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