Dan Hook CEng, MRINA is a qualified Naval Architect and Chartered Engineer with over 14 years experience in the unmanned marine industry. Upon graduating from the University of Southampton, Dan joined Seaspeed Marine Consulting as a Naval Architect in 2002 before moving onto the position of Technical Director in 2007. During his time at Seaspeed, Dan specialised in unmanned platform and high speed craft design and consultancy.
Dan currently holds the position of Managing Director at ASV, a company at the forefront of developments in unmanned marine systems for the Military and Defence, Offshore Energy, and Science and Survey Industries. Dan has built a vibrant team of naval architects, engineers and robotics experts, seeing the company grow from 3 people to over 60 in just five years. During which time the team have delivered over 70 Unmanned Systems to commercial and defence customers in the UK and all over the world.
ASV is a small and medium sized enterprise (SME) based in Portchester. We design, build and operate a wide range of unmanned marine vehicles, delivering over 70 systems to 10 different countries. We have benefited from funding from across government - …