OptiBarrier and 2026 Underwater Security compliance: what NIS2, CER and the Digital Networks Act mean for seabed monitoring
2026 compliance guide for critical underwater infrastructure 2026 is the year where Underwater Security stops being a side project and becomes a board level, audit ready resilience capability. With NIS2 and CER already in […]
OptiBarrier is truly passive and adds zero underwater noise
Underwater security and environmental stewardship should not be in conflict. OptiBarrier delivers persistent, real time, wide area protection of critical underwater infrastructure with a sensing approach that is completely passive. […]
The Unseen Drone Wall: Why Europe Needs an Underwater Layer and How OptiBarrier Delivers It
For months, headlines have focused on building “drone walls” in the air: radar meshes, patrols, and no‑fly envelopes designed to stop low‑cost UAVs coming from the east. That is necessary, […]
Saab and OptiBarrier: Over-the-Horizon Protection for Critical Underwater Infrastructure.
The protection of critical underwater infrastructure has become a strategic priority. Pipelines, interconnectors, offshore wind farms, and subsea cables carry the lifeblood of modern economies, yet they remain vulnerable to […]
When a single cut divides continents
What the latest cable incident tells us, and how to fix it for good. The problem isn’t new. The response must be. Undersea infrastructure, telecom cables, power interconnectors, and pipelines, […]
Poland Takes Action on Underwater Infrastructure Security – Why OptiBarrier is the Solution
When you think about national security, the first things that come to mind are probably borders, armed forces, and cybersecurity. But there’s another invisible frontline that has suddenly become one […]
The Digital Networks Act (DNA) & subsea‑infrastructure security
A forward‑looking view for OptiBarrier partners and customers 1 What is the DNA? The European Commission has signalled its intent to consolidate and modernise telecoms legislation in a single “Digital Networks Act” (DNA), […]
From Vulnerable to Vigilant: Protecting the Unseen Arteries of the Global Economy
Introduction: The New Undersea Battlefield: Why CUI Protection is the Foremost National and Economic Security Imperative The Invisible Arteries Under Threat Beneath the waves lies a vast, unseen network of […]
OptiBarrier Launch: Immediate, Over-the-Horizon Threat Detection — 24/7
Optics11 today unveiled OptiBarrier®, a fibre-optic sensing curtain that deploys a distributed array of passive seabed hydrophone pods to provide continuous, real-time situational awareness over tens of kilometres, with no […]
Thales and Optics11 Equip Dutch Submarines
A New Era of Underwater Surveillance for the Netherlands Underwater surveillance is entering a new era as the Royal Netherlands Navy modernizes its submarine fleet. Central to this initiative is […]
