Forcys has secured a significant contract to deploy its Sentinel Intruder Detection System (IDS) across multiple critical national infrastructure sites for a close allied nation.
The agreement follows the recent merger of Forcys, Chelsea Technologies, and Wavefront Systems, marking a strategic shift toward large-scale defence projects. Sentinel is an IDS sonar system designed to detect, track, and classify divers and Uncrewed Underwater Vehicles (UUVs) approaching protected assets from any direction, providing security teams with the early warning required for an effective response.
In an ever-shifting sociopolitical landscape, the ability to counter unseen underwater threats grows more critical by the day. The technology is capable of identifying divers at ranges up to 1,000m and uncrewed underwater vehicles at 1,500m. This capability has established the system as a standard for reliable, long-range underwater detection, currently utilized for vessel, VIP, and infrastructure protection worldwide.
Paul Badger, CEO of Forcys, stated, “This contract demonstrates our enhanced capacity to deliver large-scale projects. By integrating our teams, we’ve matched world-class engineering and program management with global outreach. This synergy is exactly why we brought Forcys, Chelsea Technologies, and Wavefront Systems together.”
Ioseba Tena, CCO of Forcys, added, “Following a year of high-volume expeditionary deliveries providing ‘protection on the move’, 2026 sees Forcys scaling to meet the world’s most significant CNI challenges to deliver ‘protection that stays’. Our expanded team is now rolling out permanent IDS installations where permanent vigilance is the only option.”
For over two decades, the Sentinel technology has served as a widely deployed intruder detection sonar. By combining the engineering expertise of its merged entities, Forcys aims to address the increasing demand for persistent maritime surveillance in the defence sector.
