BAE Systems has signed a contract with the Australian Government to further refine its design of the Type 26 Global Combat Ship (GCS) for the Royal Australian Navy under the SEA 5000 (Future Frigate) programme. In coming months, a team of BAE Systems’ Australian engineers will be deployed to the UK ...
Earlier this week, UK’s Maritime Autonomy Surface Testbed (MAST), an unmanned surface vessel (USV) based on the innovative Bladerunner hull shape, underwent tidal trials on the Thames. Currently being developed by ASV Ltd under Dstl funding, MAST provides the MOD with a testbed for new technologies allowing them to test and evolve ...
The world faces an increasingly complex range of natural and man-made threats. Social media and the internet have provided the means by which criminality, corruption and terrorism can evolve, often out of sight, until ready to strike. In this feature, John Baker, Head of Global Operations for the National Security ...
ASV Global, an SME based in Porchester, Hampshire, are working with defence to deliver innovation for the Maritime Mine Countermeasure and Hydrographic Capability Programme. With just 60 employees specialising in the design and build of unmanned and autonomous marine systems, ASV Global is responsible for the Unmanned Surface Vessel including Retractable Sonar within ...