Maritime Systems
We deliver mission-critical hardware-plus-software systems for the UK’s next-generation submarine enterprise, integrating safety-related control, secure data pipelines, and assured operations at sea.
What we do: AIC designs and integrates assured, safety-related maritime mission systems that blend ruggedised electronics with formally verified software, delivering deterministic behaviour under fault and battle conditions. For the UK’s next-generation deterrent fleet, our engineers contributed to a classified control and monitoring capability within the wider Royal Navy enterprise, working shoulder-to-shoulder with a Tier-1 prime and dockyard ecosystem (names withheld for confidentiality). We engineered redundant hardware modules, high-integrity firmware, and secure middleware to meet stringent submarine safety and availability targets.
Scope & capabilities:
Hardware: custom I/O backplanes, redundant controllers, watchdog/failover logic, deterministic fieldbus integration, environmental & shock hardening (maritime profiles).
Software: state-machine driven services, formalised requirements & traceability, static/dynamic analysis, defensive coding, fault-injection, and graceful-degradation patterns.
Assurance: safety case contributions aligned to UK Defence standards (e.g., DEF STAN 00-55/00-56 principles), reliability modelling, FMEA/FMECA, and SIL-style design patterns.
Integration & Test: HIL/SIL rigs, digital-twin simulations, waterfront integration, harbour/sea-trial support, and secure configuration & key material handling.
Security: least-privilege isolation, cross-domain guards (where applicable), secure boot & signing, and EMSEC-aware enclosure designs.
Why AIC: DV-experienced personnel, UK-sovereign engineering, and a defence-grade DevSecOps toolchain that works on disconnected networks. We understand submarine build rhythms, safety governance, and the confidentiality expectations of the deterrent programme. We are ready to extend and support mission systems across the UK maritime domain.
