Babcock International has launched a seagoing version of its immersive training package, dubbed BITE Maritime.
The Babcock Immersive Training Experience (BITE) is designed to deliver realistic naval exercises onshore, adopting a multi-sensory approach to subject those taking part to operationally realistic effects, including the sound of fighter jets and artillery fire, generated odours, power outages and smoke.
It also monitors and measures the responses of those involved and records everything, enabling effective training performance reviews.
As per a press statement, BITE can be configured for a range of naval challenges depending on the customer’s requirements.
Managing Director for Babcock’s Training business Jo Rayson said: “Navies need realistic and representative training which prepares teams for operations, while using innovative technology to help free up platforms.
“We’ve shown how BITE can transform soldier training — and thanks to the technology and adaptability, we can reconfigure it for a variety of scenarios across land, sea and air. In this case, we’ve turned it into a Ships Control Centre where exercises can quickly and efficiently be repeated time and again without the need for actual platforms.
“This evolution of BITE helps takes naval training away from active platforms at a time of increased operational demand, driven in-part by growing global geopolitical instability.”
The firm brought one of its containerised BITE packages to DSEI 2025 in London last week; for the first two days it was in a maritime configuration; it was presented as a Ship Control Centre. Then for the remainder of the show it switched to its land-based command bunker variant.
- You can read more details on the Babcock International website