Venue: Lecture Theatre 1N005, Building N, University of the West of England, BS16 1QY
Time: Refreshments at 19:00, Presentations start at 19:25
Presented by Reece Oliver & Cdr Alex Davies
NavyX is the Royal Navy’s Autonomy, Lethality and Innovation accelerator, and as part of the Develop Directorate within Navy Command Headquarters it helps to develop the Navy after next. In Surface vessel autonomy, NavyX leads the Royal Navy’s development of uncrewed surface vehicles by testing and experimenting with our own autonomous small boats, MADFOX and APAC-24. As the Lethality Accelerator, NavyX is initiating the processes for developing, trialling and firing remotely operated weapons systems have not been tested within the Royal Navy. As an Innovation enabler more broadly, NavyX finds, develops and tests new and novel ideas to both support and challenge the Develop Directorate’s concepts and priorities. NavyX does this by utilising our Trials Ship, XV PATRICK BLACKETT, for experimentation, or by working alongside SMEs at BattleLab in Dorset to co-create novel solutions to some of the hardest problems.
The lecture will focus on the recent acquisition and entry to service lessons from XV Patrick Blackett, NavyX achievements with autonomy since the unit was formed in 2019, what else NavyX has helped to deliver, and what the future looks like to us (at the moment).
Presenters:
Reece Oliver is a seagoing 2nd engineer with commercial experience, and LR surveyor, Reece is now the NavyX Experimentation Plans Team Leader. He led the XV Patrick Blackett project from it’s inception and has brought all of his civilian experience to bear on this project.
Cdr Alex Davies is a Royal Navy Marine Engineer, predominantly with experience in aircraft carriers and patrol vessels, Alex is currently the NavyX Projects Team Leader and Platform Authority for the NavyX flotilla.
