Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OCTO)

🚢 Project Success! 🌊 We are thrilled to announce the success of our most recent offshore heavy lift project with Ørsted. Over the course of just 10 flying days, we successfully delivered 5,460 kg of cargo to 94 wind turbines—an impressive 94 deliveries! In one day alone, we moved 1,150 kg of cargo. This achievement showcases the power of precision and teamwork. This would not have been possible without the invaluable support from the Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OCTO) of the Royal Navy. Special thanks to everyone who played a role in making this a reality, especially Paul Wilkinson. Skylift's offshore ambitions align closely with those of The Senior Service in key ways: 1️⃣ Operating from ships at sea with limited logistical support from shore. 2️⃣ Facing and overcoming hostile environments. 3️⃣ Leveraging highly automated processes with expert human oversight. 4️⃣ Achieving complex and challenging heavy lift operations. This project is a true testament to the power of collaboration and innovation. Onward and upward! 🚀 #OffshoreOperations #Innovation #Collaboration #HeavyLift #Skylift #RoyalNavy

🚢 Project Success! 🌊 We are thrilled to announce the success of our most recent offshore heavy lift project with Ørsted. Over the course of just 10 flying days, we successfully delivered 5,460 kg of cargo to 94 wind turbines—an impressive 94 deliveries! In one day alone, we moved 1,150 kg of cargo. This achievement showcases the power of precision and teamwork. This would not have been possible without the invaluable support from the Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OCTO) of the Royal Navy. Special thanks to everyone who played a role in making this a reality, especially Paul Wilkinson. Skylift's offshore ambitions align closely with those of The Senior Service in key ways: 1️⃣ Operating from ships at sea with limited logistical support from shore. 2️⃣ Facing and overcoming hostile environments. 3️⃣ Leveraging highly automated processes with expert human oversight. 4️⃣ Achieving complex and challenging heavy lift operations. This project is a true testament to the power of collaboration and innovation. Onward and upward! 🚀 #OffshoreOperations #Innovation #Collaboration #HeavyLift #Skylift #RoyalNavy

Navy PODS Q001 is now the Defence BattleLabs and will form a part of our future work to Inovate and Ideate at a pace that's relevant. Lots going on in the background building capabilities and frameworks for the future. #battlelab #royalnavy #navyx #tech #Armyinnovation #Defence #security

CELEBRATING INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY! US AND ROYAL NAVAL SERVICE TECH SCOUTING EVENT The London Tech Bridge was excited to host at Tea and Tech style targeted industry engagement event using problems that were sourced from the Royal Naval Servicewomen's Network, Health Services, and Office of Naval Research Global (ONR Global) Science Director. The event was very insightful for the focus group of US/UK sailors and marines that attended, "this really made me feel empowered!" We had extremely interesting presentations from companies currently or looking to operate in the women's fitness realm and body armor. We also had a researcher from the University of Portsmouth's Breast Health, Jenny Burbage, come and talk about interesting research on sports bras that was done with the Royal Army and body armor with Police. There is still much to be done on the research topic affecting sailors and marines. A big thank you to the Royal Naval Servicewomen's Network with their help coordinating the event! #bettertogether #internationalwomensday2024 Lisa Franchetti Office of the Secretary of the Navy Office of the Chief of Naval Operations Martin Connell CBE Toni H. Jaimie Roylance OBE Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OCTO) Office of Naval Research Andy Berner NavalX Stephen "Casey" Plew Noam Oz Scott Bewley Graham "Gray" Chynoweth Peter Newell Lucy Millings Sharon Jones Jennifer Dago Jeffrey Brewer Daniel Weil Robert Leonard Marc Christino BMNT BMNT, Ltd.

This is why we do what we do………….. ⬇️ We love to provide innovative, user centric solutions for customers problems - our aim to be agile working with clients to deliver in tight timescales. ⏰ In February 2023 we were awarded a tender to design and build 7 NavyPODS - we absolutely loved building a diverse range of capabilities for the #royalnavy. It was incredible to work with Jaimie Roylance OBE and Ray Briggs over the 105 days we rapidly prototyped and delivered the PODS. Great to see the highly capable medical POD we designed and delivered to the Royal Naval Medical Service in this article. With several new classes of ships being built or designed with Mission Bays (Type 26 HMS Glasgow/Cardiff as an example) These ‘plug and play’ mission modules will allow platforms to quickly reconfigure to deliver significant effect. #engineering #modular #innovation #medical #ukdefence

Can quantum computing enable the next evolution of Human Machine Teaming #hmt? Uncrewed Aerial Systems #uas are bringing dramatic change to warfare, but recent and current conflict have also demonstrated their limitations. Reliance on active human control constrains their ability to coordinate with other UAS and conventional assets whilst retaining humans in control of operations. HMT concepts such as "loyal wingman" point to future warfare needing high coordination or even integration between crewed and uncrewed systems. However, this will also require an associated, and significant, increase in computational power. Scott Wallace MBE, OCTO Project Lead stated: "Quantum's rapid advance allows early adopters to access and leverage emerging strategic advantages. Could low SWaP-C quantum photonic integrated circuits (QPICs) and novel algorithms yield answers to problems that classical computing can only achieve through cloud access to large-scale server farms. By designing and evaluating a simulated operational UAV route, and threat avoidance model, using quantum-enhanced optimisation, this project seeks to assess the potential of this novel technique by comparing classical, hybrid and quantum approaches to inform a capability development pathway." Maksym Sich 🇺🇦, CEO of Aegiq stated: "Aegiq is uniquely positioned with its technology exclusively based on quantum photonic integrated circuits to deliver the critical computing capability needed in these demanding future warfare environments. This technology allows for: Higher energy efficiency, small size and weight compared to other quantum computing modalities, and greater inherent resistance to environmental and EW jamming/disrupting techniques." In this collaborative project, the Royal Navy Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OCTO) will leverage Aegiq's expertise in the design and development of quantum photonics and quantum optimisation algorithms coupled with digital technology to define the capability roadmap tailored to the Royal Navy and UK Ministry of Defence needs. #quantumtechnology #quantumcomputing #quantumphysics London Tech Bridge, Jaimie Roylance OBE, Chester Butterworth, Tom Welham, Gareth Brown