The pace of change in defence is increasing. Rapidly advancing technology and unpredictable external political upheavals continue to challenge our customers.

Maritime platforms are complex systems of systems with a large human component, they have long service lives with multiple system upgrades, inter-operate with other UK and partner platforms and provide a wide range of missions across a huge geographic footprint. Threats are evolving rapidly, driving the need for new tactics, new systems and system upgrades to be developed, tested and implemented at pace.