Our experience and expertise in design, development and optimisation services help to maximise vessel value, capability, and safety.
As well as producing design concepts that are viable and cost-effective and providing a full cost/capability analysis to inform the procurement process, we develop model and full scale demonstration programmes to suit even the most complex requirements.
We also take full advantage of our own fully integrated Naval Architecture toolset, Paramarine, that is shaping the future of ship and submarine design and evaluation. The advanced and powerful design and analysis software delivers fast and effective design creation and evaluation to ensure prompt compliance with customer and regulatory requirements.
Our ship & submarine design team is actively developing concept design solutions that are both viable and cost effective and take full account of the definition of requirements and the views of respective user groups.
They prepare outline specifications, timelines, predictions for resistance and powering and also determine scantling, stability and survivability characteristics as well as handling and manoeuvring, noise & vibration, environmental compliance and design statements. Such detailed information is essential for confirming a concept’s operability and achieving a mission-critical and cost-effective outcome.
Through our experience and expertise working with both defence and commercial clients, we draw out the key drivers and requirements for vessel operations, comparing available options and carrying out cost/capability analysis to inform the procurement process. Our teams are also working to reduce the impact of environmental factors on the cradle to grave vessel lifecycle.
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Modern platform acquisition and capability development has become increasingly complex, expensive and time consuming. QinetiQ recognises that customers investing in maritime capability development programs will be looking for expert support in understanding and negotiating this complexity to ensure a mission critical, cost effective outcome is achieved.
Following a recent request from an overseas customer, we designed a planing hull form that delivers a good balance between directional stability and high speed in large waves. QinetiQ’s solution not only exceeded customer expectations, but also improved construction efficiency - saving both time and money.
QinetiQ has developed a concept design for an autonomous firefighting and rescue vessel to illustrate the possibilities for autonomous shipping to undertake dangerous operations.
