About Shearwater TSCM

Our founder

Shearwater TSCM is based on the experience of the Managing Director, John Little, who’s career began as a telecommunications engineer and then transferred to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, communications branch.

Duties at the FCO were the technical defence of British missions worldwide during some of the most intense times of the cold war. After some years of living out of a suitcase, he became UK based, and was part of a group assigned to the technical defence of ‘Prestigious Buildings’ in the UK. He later moved to a small in-house design and development unit.

This proved to be a most interesting and valuable experience. There was a need for certain highly specialised equipment based on the Communication Branch’s cumulative years of field experience. Going to outside industry for the design and manufacture of equipment would either have been too expensive or not permissible from a security standpoint. Therefore, his task was to turn needs and experts’ ideas and designs into hardware.

Since then the company has developed a set of optimum solution TSCM systems. Based on the premise that the security departments, of even formerly wealthy government and corporate bodies have budget constraints, whilst at the same time face an increasing threat associated with the spectacular evolution of the 21st century technology.

Shearwater’s equipment is now deployed around the world. The close relationship the company has with it’s clients, both through the training programs and feedback from professional field operations, ensures that ongoing development is focused at the leading edge, while maintaining a ‘Defence in Breadth’ philosophy.

Our TSCM Services & Training

Based on the experience of John Little’s time as a Foreign and Commonwealth Office Training School instructor, Shearwater provides TSCM Training for all of our equipment, Sweep Operating Procedures and hands on practical exercises from basic to finished report.

Shearwater also provides Sweep Services for anyone who prefers to outsource the facility.