Ocean Security

NOC Innovations works alongside governments, commercial organisations and academic institutions across all areas of ocean security.

For many years, we’ve contributed to global defence missions by delivering world-class marine science and technology, enabling the evolution of that which keeps us and our offshore environments safe.

Shaping the defences of the future

We have a long track record of advising navies and defence primes, helping to develop technology roadmaps to reflect innovations in, for instance, monitoring tools and techniques.

In several areas of research, we’ve paved the way for changes now being made by the maritime defence sector.

We also host the world’s second-largest fleet of Marine Autonomous Vehicles (MAVs) – the largest of any research organisation globally – which is built on over 20 years’ experience in developing and deploying them. And still we work to push the boundaries of MAS.

Our accomplishments to date

NOC Innovations has a sustained programme of developing long-endurance Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) like ALR, which has recently led to the longest-ever continuous deployment in the Atlantic Ocean.

But we can operate them outside the Atlantic too. We’re able to take our ALRs into places no other operators dare to go – for instance, beneath the Antarctic ice. In fact, we’ll soon be starting a project that aims to have an ALR occupy the seabed for a full year without human interference.