Insights
Seawork 2026, Day 1 & Day 2 – it’s a wrap!
Very productive couple of days for Copper Turtle, with great conversations that lean into our strategic direction/growth. Highlights: The Future of UK Maritime: Government Strategy meets SME opportunity conference -…
OMG, I did it!
At 4am Saturday morning, I was doubtful it was going ahead, as the rain was torrential and the wind was buffeting my van. When we met for our safety briefing…
Only 10 sleeps!
If you've heard one of my favourite phrases, "all the gear, and no idea", that's probably me. I've got all of the kit, but am I physically and mentally ready…
Day 1 - May’s South West Regional Defence & Security Cluster event
Hosted by WholeShip's National Drone Hub, this half day event had a different look and feel compared to our others, but still a great line up of speakers and a…
Navigating the UK Defence Ecosystem
Hosted by the BattleLab, in conjunction with Dstl, Chris Wardman and I joined many others to a great session of information dissemination and networking. Unsurprisingly, some of it was very…
Accelerating capability for the region through collaboration
With this theme in mind, my thoughts went to our forthcoming Copper Turtle strategy days, current client base and future opportunities for collaboration. No more mention of ‘DIP dithering’, Chris…
£42.2BN value add
And the impressive stats go on - 443k direct employees, £100BN turnover, £45.4BN in exports and 48% growth over 10 years. The excellence in this region - the increase in…
Turtle Tour – mission protection for the future, in a venue steeped in history
Huge thanks to Simon Collins, Growth and Innovation Director at Chemring Countermeasures for hosting Chris Wardman and I, for an overview of the company, tour and lunch. It was great…
Fabulous to be back at the monthly ‘Things Connected’ event
Huge thanks to Doug M. for the mind-blowing presentation on differential pressure, flow velocity sensors, used by utility companies to monitor leaks, turbidity (new one on me!) and water pressure.…
Two days invested in getting under the skin of the product and strategically
Thank you to Daniel Roscoe-Hudson for spending the time with Chris Wardman and I, showcasing the experience and capability that SBG Systems has in the field of Inertial Navigation. I…
DPRTE – lots to learn, lots to see and lots of interesting people to meet
There were so many great presentations on the agenda, I challenge all the innovators out there, please design a cloning machine. So out of everything, here’s what made it great…
A very important day for the South West Region in Westminster!
Chris Wardman and I were delighted to be invited to join Ian Roome MP, member of the Defence Select Committee and Min DRI Luke Pollard, at a defence roundtable in…
Day 1 & 2 Download
Protecting, securing and defending our sea and sub-sea infrastructure and environment, was a major point for discussion for Copper Turtle over the last few days. With Chris Wardman being fully…
Super Star dog meets Super Hero – well it was a Tech Show after all!
With Chris Wardman holding the fort at Copper Turtle HQ, busy getting ready for Oceanology International, I headed to London to join Bryan Maddams, Ferris, John Bacchus-Waterman and Lulu at…
Giving military and blue light veterans with PTSD a helping hand
Today, I had the absolute pleasure to join Bryan Maddams and Ferris to visit RNAS Yeovilton, HMS Heron, to talk about what Service Dogs UK do, and how that's a…
There were red hearts and flowers, but this was a very different Valentines Day!
Today I joined Bryan Maddams and Ferris, at the Christchurch Lace Society, not only to raise awareness of Service Dogs UK, but also to receive a cheque for £450 which…
Great event, beautiful setting, lovely people
Wonderful to meet new people, at a quarterly event hosted by the The National Museum of the Royal Navy, sponsored by ENGAGE. Thank you to Wayne Sykes and Steve Prior…
Hat No. 2 at the Specialist Defence and Security Convention UK
With Chris Wardman busy at the National Oceanography Centre planning our forthcoming webinar, ‘What’s your Fish’ - capabilities of client ELWAVE and their non-acoustic sensors, I got to walk the…
Hat No. 1 at the Specialist Defence and Security Convention UK
Alongside Bryan Maddams and Ferris, today was all about meeting as many people as possible, both new connections and old, to showcase the fantastic work that Service Dogs UK does…
We are excited to release our latest announcement to the market!
Copper Turtle and SBG Systems are delighted to announce a partnership to support SBG's range of high-performance navigation systems for the UK defence sector. In a drive to support their…