a.k.a. Surveillance as a Service

Pollard also provided new detail on the progress of Atlantic NET, a programme intended to examine how persistent anti submarine warfare sensing might be delivered through service based models rather than through a single platform acquisition. “The first formal element of the tendering process for Atlantic NET commenced in September 2025 and was completed in January 2026,” he said.

“This involved the assessment of 26 compliant industry proposed solutions for ‘Persistent ASW Sense (ISR) as a Service’ and followed on from six months of regular two way industry engagement with approximately 327 companies in the supplier base. These are largely UK based, or have UK elements in their proposals.”

Irony is dead and the military industrial complex killed it.

Subs as a Service?

Who knew the SaaS acronym joke structure had such real world depth?