Kelvin Hughes

Who is Kelvin Hughes?

Kelvin Hughes Ltd, a designer and manufacturer of navigation and surveillance systems and a supplier of navigational data to both the commercial marine and government marketplace.

Kelvin Hughes provides surveillance and navigation systems to 30 of the world’s navies.

Kelvin Hughes Surveillance solutions span both land and sea; from border security and civil infrastructure integrated surveillance systems to naval integrated bridge systems, solid-state surveillance radar and radomes for small fast boats, including the world's largest ocean liner, RMS Queen Mary 2.

The company’s key offerings are coherent SharpEye™ and non-coherent radar technologies capable of detecting the smallest of targets and lowest velocities in clutter.

Technology ‘firsts’ include the first commercial radar in 1947, the first paper chart tracing service in 1971, and recently, the SharpEye™ SCV: the world’s first small watercraft situational awareness radar.

Kelvin Hughes provides mariners, yachtsmen, soldiers, and security personnel with radar centric surveillance, navigation and surface search solutions.