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£10 million upgrade green-lit for BAE Systems’ Portsmouth-based MISC

Published on: 20 Apr 2018

BAE Systems is to spend £10 million upgrading its Maritime Integration and Support Centre (MISC) in Portsmouth.

The specialist facility provides vital support for Royal Navy warships whilst researching future combat systems and technologies.

Housed in a building shaped like a Type 45 destroyer, the MISC accurately replicates real-life ship conditions using the same combat system technology found across the Royal Navy’s surface fleet, including systems used to track threats, co-ordinate weapons and manage on-deck aircraft movements.

This means highly skilled engineers can develop and test key elements of combat systems before they are installed on ships and provide them with through-life support once in service.

Richard Williams, BAE Systems’ naval ships combat systems director, said: “The MISC is a vital facility for ensuring combat systems equipment aboard the Royal Navy’s fleet remains at peak operational performance, and allows us to continue our work on the combat systems of the future.

“Our investment will ensure the MISC will build on the success it has enjoyed since opening in 2004 and help us understand how new technologies can be introduced to keep navies safe.”