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5 December 2024

BMT Strengthens Maritime Engineering and Design Leadership in Asia Pacific with Strategic Acquisition of AMT

Acquisition of independent, Australian-owned AMT enhances BMT’s expertise in naval architecture and marine engineering, bolstering capability to pursue opportunities across the APAC region.

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3 December 2024

Record £1 billion skills investment as BAE Systems set to recruit thousands more apprentices and graduates in 2025

BAE Systems is projecting a record number of young people in training in 2025 and the Company’s investment in education and skills is expected to reach £1 billion since the start of the decade.

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27 November 2024

ecoSUB Robotics Makes a Splash at Oceans 2024 in Halifax, Nova Scotia

ecoSUB Robotics, a leader in innovative autonomous marine robotics, proudly participated in Oceans 2024, marking the company's first exhibition outside of the UK

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25 November 2024

Crown Estate Scotland commits £250k to expand Floating Offshore Wind Centre of Excellence programme

Crown Estate Scotland has contributed £250,000 to support the Environmental Interactions Strategic Programme (EISP) – one of four collaborative, multi-year programmes that deliver rigorous research and thought leadership for the sector.

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25 November 2024

British engineers successfully demonstrate UK’s first autonomous extra large submarine for military use

The XLAUV has been configured to enable militaries to monitor and help protect underwater infrastructure across the vast expanses of the seabed, support anti-submarine warfare and provide another means for them to undertake covert surveillance missions.

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22 November 2024

LJMU launches Global Centre for Maritime Innovation

Liverpool John Moores University is to bring together its world-leading maritime education, research and innovation through a new global centre.

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20 November 2024

General Oceans acquires RS Aqua

Growing underwater technology group, General Oceans, has acquired ocean technology specialists RS Aqua as of Monday 18th November 2024 in a move that will strengthen the positions of both companies.

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14 November 2024

From Blueprints to Legacy: Babcock engineers and former apprentices reunite at iconic bridge they helped to build

Babcock engineers and former apprentices reunite at the Royal Academy of Engineering for National Engineering Day to view Kelly Anna’s statue to see how their sinuous bridge has taken its place in the John Browne garden, named after Past President of the Academy Lord Browne of Madingley FREng FRS.

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12 November 2024

90POE OpenOcean STUDIO selected to revolutionise Kyklades Maritime Corporation fleet operations

Leading digital maritime technology company, 90POE, has today announced an agreement with Athens based Kyklades Maritime Corporation, for the full adoption of the next-generation platform, OpenOcean STUDIO, across their entire fleet.

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7 November 2024

The Directorate General of Armaments Application for Start up and SME's: Challenge Development of innovative marine and underwater targets

The Directorate General of Armaments (DGA Missile Tests) is launching a call for expressions of interest aimed at innovative companies as part of the DGA EM Challenge - Innovation 2024: Development of innovative marine and underwater targets.

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