Technical Archive
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SMI Cable Harness Delivers in World Record Breaking Project
Reliability and safety are two of the key reasons why our customers turn to us for cable harness solutions that deliver performance in the most hostile and challenging application spaces across marine, aerospace and energy. Our track record of over 20,000 installations with zero leaks demonstrates the ongoing durability of our technology and is one…
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SMI Ready For Take Off at Farnborough
SMI are delighted to be exhibiting at the Farnborough Airshow from 18th to 22nd of July. We can be found in Hall 1, within the WEAF pavilion where we will be discussing our latest innovations in system critical, high exposure cable and connector systems and how our technology can deliver maintenance free, robust and sealed aircraft cable systems. Our…
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Combining proven and new pressure hull penetrator technologies for safety and performance
Glen Richardson, Engineering Director & CTO of SMI, a privately held British company supplying the UK MOD for three decades. Submarines are becoming ever more sophisticated, with new and enhanced onboard systems delivering far more capable underwater defences for navies. While these improvements are welcome, they do present design challenges. How can multiple new and…
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SMI Exhibiting Around the World
Though the summer holidays have just begun, our focus is squarely on autumn as we prepare for exhibitions and conferences around the world. In just over 6 weeks we’re in London exhibiting again at DSEI from 10 – 13th September. The world’s leading defence and security event with over 35,000 attendees sees us back in…
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50 Years Continuous Excellence
SMI is delighted to be associated with the 2019 celebrations to mark fifty years of its Continuous At Sea Deterrent (CASD). Known as Operation Relentless, at least one Royal Navy ballistic submarine has been patrolling the world’s oceans, unseen and undetected for 50 years. CASD is the longest sustained military operation ever undertaken by the…
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Another Record Breaking Year of Opportunities & Agreements
2018 has been a record breaking year for SMI as we continue to deliver unassailable fit and forget power and data cable solutions for hostile environments across a range of sectors. In Marine, highlights of the year included us welcoming Phil Jones, Managing Director of Maritime Mission Systems Thales UK to our Andover headquarters, as…
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Thales and SMI Collaboration in the UK
Thales and SMI have signed an agreement to collaborate in delivering state of the art underwater defence products. Thales is a key supplier of systems, equipment and services in the UK MoD Naval domain and wishes to continue to focus its resources on sustaining and building critical core capabilities. SMI, an agile cable systems designer…
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