Naval defence

Naval ship with Hexagon’s naval defence technology

Supporting naval planning and operations

Location-based solutions and capabilities for naval forces

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Hexagon’s solutions help naval and maritime defence organisations monitor and protect waterways to ensure safety and security. Our naval defence solutions and capabilities support real-time vessel tracking, nautical chart and map production, sonar and radar systems, mission planning, C4ISR and more.

  • Overview
  • Defence
  • Autonomous mobility
  • Manufacturing
Overview
Defence
For naval and maritime defence organisations, securing waterways presents many complex challenges. Explore how Hexagon improves mission-critical planning and naval operations through better threat detection, situational awareness and digital battlefield technologies.

Administration solutions

Build safe and resilient bases and facilities with scalable computer-aided dispatch (CAD), security software and reality capture systems, including surveillance sensors.

C4ISR solutions

Deploy high-performance visualisation and analysis applications for C4ISR across air, land, sea and joint battlefield operations and command centre strategies.

Mapping solutions

Leverage end-to-end mapping solutions that improve workflows, with integrated capabilities for geospatial data collection and management, map production and information-sharing.

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Autonomous mobility
Mission-critical operations depend on assured positioning, navigation and timing (APNT) information. Explore how Hexagon delivers APNT technologies that work in GNSS contested environments, including anti-jam, anti-spoof, situational awareness and more.

Deployment solutions

Deploying autonomous solutions that enable customers to quickly scale from prototype R&D and testing phases to full production in a variety of emerging and fast-paced market segments.

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Manufacturing
From military ground vehicles, aircraft and naval vessels to communications and electronic equipment and beyond, defence contractors face a huge challenge to meet global demand. See how Hexagon’s smart manufacturing solutions are helping defence manufacturers deliver military equipment on time and within budget.

Design and engineering phase

With Hexagon’s innovations in manufacturing technology, users can digitally simulate and optimise product design and engineering to ensure component manufacturability, production productivity and output quality.

Production phase

Maintain a digital thread through production, optimise machine tools, measure environmental variances and prevent downtime with predictive data analyses.

Inspection phase

Automate and digitalise quality measurement with our world-leading metrology hardware and software, creating a bridge between the real and digital worlds.

Digital transformation

Deploy Hexagon’s sensor software systems to transform siloed and disconnected processes into an integrated, data-driven manufacturing ecosystem that captures and creates value across the product lifecycle, enabling new business models and automating workflows to become increasingly autonomous, efficient and sustainable.

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