Jane's Underwater Warfare Systems

Editorial Team

Cliff Funnell

Cliff Funnell became Editor of Jane's Underwater Warfare Systems in 2006. Cliff has also been the editor of Jane's Underwater Technology since it was first published in 1997, and co-Editor of the new title, Jane's Survey Vessels in 1999. After an early career as a Navigating Officer in the Merchant Navy, followed by a short period in ship management, he joined the UK's National Maritime Institute in 1983 as a Project Officer on UK Government funded marine research and development.

Since then he has worked under contract to the UK Department of Trade & Industry, as Programme Consultant on a number of UK and European research programmes, including the UK's Efficient Ship Programme; the Resources from the Sea Programme; Wealth from the Oceans Programme; EUROMAR and the European Commission's MAST II, MAST III and Fifth Framework Programmes

Other clients have included the European Commission, the Swedish, Irish and Canadian governments, as well as private industry and research institutes. Initially, these were related to marine transportation technologies, however, for the last 12 years have primarily been related to subsea and ocean resource technologies, including ocean survey and exploration, e.g. UUVs, sonar systems, environmental monitoring, marine renewable energies, fisheries, aquaculture and offshore hydrocarbons.

He is a Member of the Society of Underwater Technology and sits on their Underwater Robotics Group. He is also a Member of the US Marine Technology Society. He has been active in organising and participating in a number of underwater technology and oceanography conferences, chairing the AUV Masterclass in September 2001, and the Unmanned Underwater Vehicle Showcase, held at the National Oceanographic Centre, Southampton in September 2002. More recently Cliff has also acted as Chairman of the IQPC Underwater Battlespace 2005 and 2006 Conferences, held in London.

Researcher

Charles Hollosi is Jane's Maritime Desk Researcher and works on Jane's Underwater Warfare Systems and Jane's Underwater Security Systems and Technology titles. He has previously worked as a researcher on aerospace and defence magazines for a publications database and as an English teacher in Hungary. Charles holds a BA in History from the University of York and an MA in War Studies from King's College London.

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