Programme HYDRA

FCDO Services is the Principal Contractor, Designer and Project Management Specialist for the Royal Air Force’s (RAF) ambitious remote radar head upgrade, Programme HYDRA. Which is the creation of secure Remote Radar Heads (RRH) for the Royal Air Force (RAF) at four sites across the UK.

We have, combined with a previous programme, completely upgraded 5 of the UK’s air defence radar heads, helping secure the skies above the UK and protect national security.

As part of the programme, FCDO Services provided end to end project management services, including a comprehensive procurement service. We agreed the full strategy, ensuring all procurement activity – which included procurement of sub-contractors – complied with all government rules.

The project has now been completed and a new phase of radar support has begun, with even more challenging procurement requirements!

“FCDO Services has, once again, proven an extremely capable and reliable Principal Contractor for the RAF, throughout the HYDRA major infrastructure programme: delivered on time, within budget and to high quality, I could not have asked for more but have come to expect nothing less.” Senior Responsible Owner, RAF

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