National Shipbuilding Strategy

Build it smart: UK yards must tackle AI and robotics skills gap

21st February 2025 | The Naval Architect - News

The UK shipbuilding sector needs to address significant skills shortages in AI, robotics and automation if it is to thrive in the long term, a report from National Manufacturing Institute Scotland (NMIS) claims. The report outlines the need to further adopt these three emerging technologies to enhance operations such as welding, joining and inspections in […]

Bringing it all back home?

26th April 2022 | The Naval Architect - News, Naval Architecture

In the early 1980s, in a letter published in the pages of The Naval Architect, Margaret Thatcher referred to shipbuilding in the UK as a sunset industry. At the time it was very difficult to dispute that; attempts to revitalise the fortunes of yards under the auspices of the public corporation British Shipbuilders were quickly […]