Maritime Defence & Security News

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8 November 2023

Call for Solutions: Sustainable Water Production in Remote Locations

The Royal Navy and US Navy are faced with a critical challenge – ensuring a sustainable supply of potable water in austere locations, particularly on San Clemente Island (SCI), without relying on external electricity or significant infrastructure. Currently, SCI receives 400,000 gallons of water by barge each week from the mainland, a logistical operation that incurs significant costs and risks.

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28 September 2023

Chess Dynamics launches advanced tracking capability for surveillance operators

UK defence technology company Chess Dynamics has launched Deep Embedded Feature Tracking (DEFT), an advanced real-time video tracking capability that provides accurate and robust tracking in complex situations

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21 September 2023

Major Royal Navy fleet support programme launched at London International Shipping Week

NSIGN Market Sounding Phase continues with an online webinar on Wednesday 27th September and a Market Sounding Day on Monday 9th October in London

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15 September 2023

Sea launches high performance counter measures system Ancilla for protection against modern threats to surface platforms

Leading UK ship and fleet protection specialist SEA has launched Ancilia, a high-performance trainable decoy launcher system to protect surface platforms from increasingly advanced missile and torpedo threats.

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14 September 2023

Kinsetsu’s ktrack technology – hailed for ‘unheard of’ success by the Royal Navy – to be showcased at DSEI

Heralded by the Royal Navy for ‘unheard of levels of success’ within a trial, the ktrack platform will be one of the innovative solutions that smaller businesses will display within DSEI’s United Naval Zone.

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13 September 2023

Instrumentation Specialists hoping to reach a wider audience at DSEI 2023

Instrumentation Specialists P&S Automation is to exhibit at Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) for the first time, thanks to the Society of Maritime Industries’ (SMI) work in establishing a shared exhibitor space.

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12 September 2023

DSEI: Naval Zone SME Exhibitors Unite To Showcase Innovation

Some of Britain’s most innovative smaller companies will come together at Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) in a shared exhibition space organised by SMI

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9 August 2023

Somers Forge: Celebrating Excellence - Winning Two Engineering Awards

Somers Forge are proud to announce its recent achievements in suppling into the defence industry.

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8 August 2023

SMIFutures publishes new report on the Future of the Maritime Workforce

Building on data collected at the SMI Futures launch event in Edinburgh earlier this year, the report explores the factors influencing the acquisition and retention of maritime talent.

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2 August 2023

Royal Navy optimising the future of ship support

NSIGN is a new CAT A programme set up to optimise the future management and delivery of engineering support for Royal Navy Ships and Submarines including Naval Base services which support such delivery

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