Maritime


We provide unparalleled support for the UK's maritime sector, including the full spectrum of submarine programmes such as Swiftsure, Trafalgar, Vanguard, Astute, and Dreadnought. We work collaboratively with the MOD and SMEs to foster innovation in the maritime space, delivering joint programmes and supply chain resilience.

Our work

KBS Maritime – Future Maritime Support Programme (FMSP)

Transforming waterfront support at Portsmouth Naval Base

• Hard FM, alongside operations and utilities management supporting ~60% of RN surface fleet. • Strategic estates asset management plus design & build for new infrastructure. • Delivering ambitious, enduring change across the naval base ecosystem.

Naval Design Partnering (DE&S)

Setting the future design requirements for the Royal Navy

• Prime contractor establishing a framework for indicative reference designs; 51 suppliers onboarded in 6 months. • Rapid task competitions with some contracts placed within 48 hours. • De‑risks acquisition with robust supply‑chain orchestration.

P3M & digital solution deployment (NTSP)

Programme controls and digital governance for critical naval infrastructure

• Client‑side P3M, data/information management and project controls underpin Clyde infrastructure upgrades. • Delivered via the KAD Consortium with scalable nuclear workforce and behaviours‑based selection. • Provides repeatable, secure digital management patterns for high‑consequence environments.

Royal Navy Digital Portfolio Office

Embedding digital at the heart of Navy acquisition

• P3M and maritime specialists supporting assurance, governance and resource management of Navy Digital activity. • Builds the digital backbone for future maritime operational acquisition. • Upskills SROs to realise portfolio value and coherent delivery.

MoD Foundry – asset management for ship availability

Data‑driven sustainment to maximise platform readiness

• Asset plans in Foundry integrate datasets to improve availability, obsolescence and inventory management. • Change management and process modernisation across integrity, data science and supportability. • Provides live decision support to commanders and maintainers.

Robotic & Autonomous Systems (RAS) – maritime integration

Assuring autonomous systems from concept to operations

• CONEMPS, logistics, training and regulations underpinned by agile safety & assurance. • Test & evaluation and full systems integration; supply‑chain analysis for mass manufacture. • 10 years of delivery experience across defence domains.

TruckSUP – inflatable platform for Royal Marine manoeuvres

Extending littoral reach for strike teams and vehicles

• Modular, towable drop‑stitch platform to move heavy/light mobility systems to austere access points. • Lightweight, packable and low‑cost with rapid manufacture timelines. • Augments existing landing craft to improve operational agility.

Climate risk and sustainability

Providing decarbonisation and climate resilience advice and support

• Providing the decarbonisation roadmap for the Defence Land Estate and Submarine Delivery Authority. • Climate risk assessments and bespoke sustainability assessments and appraisals, embedding sustainability across project lifecycles and strategic programmes. • Compliance and certification roadmapping through policy maturity reviews, Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) benchmarking, and certification planning.

Fight Function Integration in a future warship

A 3D display solution for tomorrow’s operations room

• 3D display solution in the operations room of a future warship which can be used when planning a military operation and ‘fight’ the ship in a tactical situation. • Based on an evaluation of the capabilities of an Axion Holographic Table, it has an intuitive display of pan-domain warfighting information. • Intuitive Operator Centric User Experience, centred around human factors as they interface with the headsets and table.