Rolls-Royce to Invest in R&D on Ship Intelligence in Finland - Articles - Invest in Finland

The company is looking to develop partnerships and opportunities with other organisations around the world to, create the capability, competencies and jobs to supply the technology and components required. On March 8, 2017, the latest part of that programme has been confirmed with the announcement, in Finland, of a significant research grant by Tekes - the Finnish Funding Agency for Innovation. The funding will enable Rolls-Royce to invest further in a research and development centre in Turku, Finland. The company plans to carry out further development projects there focused on the future development of land-based control centres, and the use of artificial intelligence in future remote and autonomous shipping operations. Mikael Mäkinen, Rolls-Royce, President – Marine said: "Digitalisation will transform the shipping industry in the years ahead, and the time is now right to set out how we are going to make this happen. Over the coming years we need to invest globally to develop the required capabilities and to establish a range of market-ready products and systems to take advantage of what is a significant global market opportunity."