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Company type | Subsidiary |
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Industry | Defence Security Maritime |
Founded | 1947 |
Headquarters | |
Number of locations | 5 offices 5 countries |
Key people | Russell Gould, CEO [1] |
Products | SharpEye radar |
Parent | Hensoldt |
Website | uk |
Hensoldt UK, formerly Kelvin Hughes,[2] is a British company specialising in the design and manufacture of navigation and surveillance systems and a supplier of navigational data to both the commercial marine and government marketplace.
The company provides radar systems to navies, governments, coastlines, ports and VTS installations as well as radars for land based security and surveillance applications.
Part of Kelvin Hughes' history includes producing the first Type Approved commercial radar in 1947 as well as the first paper chart tracing service in 1971. Modern day products that Kelvin Hughes sell include SharpEye, a solid state radar with clutter management and Doppler processing.