Overview
- The Ministry of Defence announced Tuesday that it has signed a framework agreement with Ocean Infinity Solutions to deliver Atlantic Net, a £90 million contractor‑owned, contractor‑operated surveillance service for the North Atlantic.
- The service will combine uncrewed surface and underwater vessels, onboard sensors and AI to provide actionable data to commanders ashore and to crewed ASW ships and submarines.
- Saab has been contracted to fit lightweight Giraffe drone‑detection radars to uncrewed vessels being used in the initial network.
- The MoD expects Atlantic Net to be operational from 2027 and to support almost 200 skilled jobs across Ocean Infinity and its immediate supply chain.
- Atlantic Net is the first, industry‑run phase of the wider Atlantic Bastion programme that will transition to Royal Navy‑owned Type 92 surface and Type 93 underwater uncrewed platforms in later phases and is initially focused on the Greenland–Iceland–UK gap to monitor Russian submarine activity and protect undersea cables.