A tripartite agreement signed at Farnborough International Airshow brings together a systems integrator, an uncrewed surface vessel specialist and a precision missile manufacturer to deliver persistent, affordable maritime air defence against the drone threat. Babcock International Group has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Plymouth-based marine technology company ACUA Ocean Technologies and missile developer Frankenburg Technologies to advance counter-uncrewed aerial systems solutions in the maritime domain. The agreement, signed at Farnborough International Airshow, combines three distinct but complementary capabilities into an integrated system designed to provide persistent, low-cost defence against the growing threat of one-way attack drones to ships, ports…
