Blue Economy Technology and Innovation

NLAI’s technology and innovation solutions future proof Blue Economies.

Our team helps government agencies and commercial organisations to find, test and integrate the right technologies to strengthen critical national infrastructure and ensure food security, power production and safe maritime operations.​

The NLAI research cell monitors and analyses the resources with our proprietary Blue Economy Knowledge System to produce analysis that is trusted by governments and corporate entities around the world.

We work alongside some of the most promising innovators and entrepreneurs, large and small, ensuring we live and breathe all of the challenges and excitement of cutting-edge solutions.

Service areas

For commissioners of marine and maritime technologies, staying ahead of the curve is essential to the de-risking of Blue Economy investments.

Our global technology knowledge base and maritime operational expertise allow us to align fast-moving technology potential to carefully crafted user requirements sensitive to local conditions and the specific marine environment.

In-depth Blue Economy industry domain experience also provides confidence to investors and other stakeholders that the right solution has been found.

Services

  • Horizon scanning, analysis and guidance on emerging technologies and capabilities in specific maritime domains.
  • Creation of User Requirement Documents and concepts of operation to inform procurement approaches.
  • Technical analysis and down-selection of technologies relevant to user needs, including technology trials from an end-user perspective.
  • Strategic and technical advice on the integration of new marine and maritime technologies and capabilities.
  • Stakeholder engagement to steer and sensitise the introduction of innovative technologies and approaches into Blue Economy sectors.
  • Training needs analysis, training design and capacity building to enable sustainable technology transfer.

Taking an innovative Blue Economy solution to market involves much more than designing a product.

Approaches have to be grounded in verifiable market understanding and user need; provide confidence by having a firm grip on potentially challenging marine and maritime operational realities; and be able to ‘speak the speak’ of commissioners when seeking sales.

NLAI’s market research, maritime operational and technical design experts combine uniquely to provide the right insights at every stage of the solution roadmap.

Services

  • Market research: detailed exploration of relevant market trends, segmentation, development of customer personas, competitor identification and analysis.
  • Technology road mapping and product/service development in line with market needs.
  • Conducting independent trials and demonstrations to assess and validate technology performance against user requirements.
  • Detailed user requirements capture and creation of concepts of operation when engaging with new clients.
  • Strategic communications support to gain market visibility.
  • Customer targeting and industry introductions.
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