# Procurement of Vector Signal Transceiver

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

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Defence Science and Technology Laboratory](/buyers/defence-science-and-technology-laboratory/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: National Instruments Corporation \(UK\) Ltd
- Award value: £174,600
- Tender value: £174,600
- Award date: 13 December 2023
- Published: 19 December 2023
- Contract start: 13 December 2023
- Contract end: 5 February 2024
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: goods
- Notice ID: 73110e19-cf61-4604-b714-9cd4fdcec482-708336
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-9ec06963-3e59-42e8-b623-f13f17c4b741

## Description

The SOS project has identified that in order to be able to conduct future experimentation the technical team will require access to a Vector Signal Transceiver \(VST\), providing an interface with existing FPGA-based signal processing and control\. As per the attached quote, deliverables are to include: • 1x 12GHz Vector Signal transceiver\. • 1x PXIe-8881 Xeon 8 Core Controller, Windows 10 64-bit • 1x Radar Target Generation Software, 4 TGT/1 Ghz/STDPARAM, Perpetual License\. New Single Seat License\(s\) With 1 Year\(s\) of Service

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/73110e19-cf61-4604-b714-9cd4fdcec482-708336)