# HVX Design Concept

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [MINISTRY OF DEFENCE](/buyers/ministry-of-defence/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Reaction Engines Limited
- Award value: £1,600,000
- Tender value: £1,600,000
- Award date: 16 October 2024
- Published: 5 November 2024
- Contract start: 16 October 2024
- Contract end: 31 August 2030
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 5a977314-0371-4b56-9599-01334abc3d1e-799700
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-37329175-74cf-481a-bf0c-1522c064e247

## Description

In light of the recent Royal Air Force \(RAF\) Autonomous Collaborative Platform \(ACP\) Strategy2, RAF Rapid Capabilities Office \(RCO is seeking a potential path to developing a high-Mach ACP\. Critical to this path will be demonstrating a high-Mach propulsion system architecture \(Mach 3\+\)\. The Requirement will build on HVX Phase 1 to develop a strategy \(via a combination of ground and flight-test activities\) to provide a route to an Initial Operational Capability \(IOC\) 'Y-plane' high-Mach concept\. The focus of the short \(3-6 month\) planning phase will be to explore alternative programme-delivery approaches that might lead to a potential airborne IOC flight test demonstrator within the next 4 years and future operational capability by 2030\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/5a977314-0371-4b56-9599-01334abc3d1e-799700)