Mr Matthew Gleed, a Chartered Engineer and Underwater C4I and Cyber specialist, is a Principal Technologist at BAE Systems Submarines and Applied Intelligence in the UK and consults on technology strategy and research for investment into underwater programmes covering submarines, strategic systems and off board systems technology; both crewed and uncrewed. Consulting on future systems architecture into the Royal Navy, and previous experience as a scientist in government and other appointments as an engineer in industry, he has over circa 20 years working on a wide range of research and development activities for UK, US and European underwater defence and technology programmes.