OSLO, Norway - BostonChron -- Integris Composites, a global engineering company specializing in composite armor and survivability systems, is attending the SEA POWER and the Atlantic Future Forum conferences hosted on HMS Prince of Wales in Oslo Norway.

Integris armor solutions are protecting surface combatants, patrol craft and the crews who operate them — work that includes ballistic protection for Finland's new Pohjanmaa-class corvettes and support for the upkeep program for the Royal Navy's Type 45 destroyers.

Integris is a Silver Partner of the International Sea Power Conference (ISPC 2026), which took place yesterday aboard the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales. ISPC, the Royal Navy's annual flagship conference, brings together naval leaders, policymakers and industry to consider how maritime nations can deter aggression and protect the sea lanes.

Integris executives are attending the Atlantic Future Forum, which follows aboard the same ship Nov. 11-12.

"As navies add uncrewed, autonomous vessels in the drive for innovation, protection of the crewed ships that now carry more sensors and more weapons cannot be an afterthought," said Andrew Bonham, president and CEO of Integris Composites. "Integris' European naval teams have spent years engineering protection into ships, ensuring survivability does not cost a vessel its speed, range or payload.

"ISPC is where the people who will shape the next generation of fleets meet, and we are glad to be part of that conversation," Bonham said.

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A CHANGING THREAT AT SEA

The threat to ships has widened. Attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea have shown how drones and missiles can put pressure on a global chokepoint, and Ukraine's campaign in the Black Sea has shown how quickly uncrewed systems can change the balance between fleets and coastal forces. In the High North and the Arctic, allied navies are operating more often, for longer and in harsher conditions.

"Each of those trends raises the same question: How can you protect vessels, aircraft, land vehicles and sensor technologies and reduce the signature on all of them without adding weight? The answer is an increasing adoption of lighter composite armor systems," Bonham said.

Integris systems integrate ceramics, ultra-high-strength polyethylene and aramid fibers, high-performance unidirectional (UD) laminates — and at times steel — to provide protection at a fraction of the weight of current armor systems. Lower weight supports speed and maneuverability, fuel economy, mission range and payload flexibility, Bonham said. Integris' naval protection solutions are deployed on a wide range of vessels worldwide, including patrol craft, corvettes, amphibious platforms and command vessels. The company is also experimenting with emerging materials such as graphene and new high-strength fibers.

PROVEN ON NAVAL PROGRAMS

Integris is supplying its naval ballistic protective systems for four next-generation vessels being built by Rauma Marine Constructions for Finland's major naval modernization project, Squadron 2020. The Pohjanmaa-class corvettes are intended to secure year-round maritime defense in the icy Baltic Sea.

"We worked together with the shipbuilder to fully integrate the protection into the ship design, meeting survivability requirements without compromising speed, range or payload," said David Cordova, chief commercial officer of Integris Composites USA.

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For the Royal Navy's Type 45 destroyer upkeep program, Integris is supplying new and replacement ballistic protection systems in collaboration with BAE Systems.

"The lesson of the last few years is that not only does protection have to move at the speed of the threat, but we need to develop intelligent armor that can lower the platform signature," Cordova said. "Drones and uncrewed systems are changing what ships, vehicles and crews have to survive, and they are changing it in months, not decades.

"We are here, and at other major defense events [We have participated in this event and in other trade fairs and conferences] to bring those of us who design protection closer to those who depend on it. This is key to how we'll shorten the path from a new threat to a fielded solution," Cordova said.

Integris has operations in North America, Europe and Asia, with manufacturing in Denmark, France and the United States and offices in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. The company took part in the Pacific Future Forum aboard HMS Prince of Wales in Tokyo in August 2025.

ABOUT INTEGRIS COMPOSITES

Integris Composites is a global engineering company specializing in composite armor for land vehicles, aircraft, naval vessels, protective housings for optronics and other sensitive technologies, and personal protection. With more than 30 years of experience, the company has earned Tier 1 supplier status with major aerospace original equipment manufacturers, including Bell, Boeing, Airbus and Embraer. Known as TenCate Advanced Armor until it was renamed Integris Composites in 2023, the business has built a reputation for innovative survivability solutions across military, law enforcement and security applications worldwide.
PHOTO: SYMBOL OF PEACE THROUGH DEFENSE: Pleasure craft in front of HMS Prince of Wales, moored in Oslo to host the International Sea Power Conference (Nov. 10) and the Atlantic Future Forum (Nov. 11-12). Photo by David Cordova, Integris Composites.