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Specialist AV integration. Operating since 1998.

Harp Visual Communications Limited is a UK-based specialist AV integrator with over 28 years of experience designing, delivering and supporting AV systems for mission-critical, secure and operational environments. Based in Fareham, Hampshire. Delivering across the UK and internationally — including defence programmes in the United States and joint operations environments for NATO. Our work spans control rooms, command environments, secure AV, video conferencing infrastructure, display and information systems, passenger information networks and out-of-home display estates.

What defines how we work

Design from first principles We design from first principles Display layout, signal paths and interfaces follow the operational model.
HDMI Data Blocker product We manufacture our own products MERLIN, HDMI Data Blocker and Commandant are designed by Harp Visual.
Support delivery for AV systems We support what we deliver Support is designed into projects from the outset and scoped to the system.

28 years. Demanding environments.

Project record

Harp Visual has been delivering AV systems into mission-critical and operational environments since 1998. That record includes large-scale operational video deployments across Royal Navy, RAF, UK MOD and NATO programmes — including engineering deployed for NATO operations in Afghanistan, FCDO briefing suites, Transport for London operational infrastructure, BBC broadcast facilities, European Space Agency mission operations, Thames Water Central Control Room and major defence primes.

Client list

Our client list spans defence and government, space and innovation, transport and utilities, broadcast and media, financial services and education. Clients include NATO, MOD, RAF, Royal Navy, FCDO, MET Police, HMRC, European Space Agency, Transport for London, BBC, Reuters, Bloomberg, National Grid, Thames Water, General Dynamics and Babcock.

Confidentiality statement

Where project confidentiality requires it, we keep detail non-specific. We can discuss relevant experience directly with qualified teams.

MTIC Operations Room — UK Maritime Trade Organisation, Portsmouth
Image: Royal Navy / © Crown copyright. Licensed under OGL v3.0.

Selected organisations represented in the video wall: BBC, Bp, BT, Connected Places Catapult, Digital Catapult, FCDO, General Dynamics, HMRC, Kier, MOD, Nato, Ni Water, O2, Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult, RAF, Reuters, Royal Navy, Satellite Applications Catapult, Skanska, TfL, Thames Water, The O2, Unilever, Vodafone, Weir.

How we work

Operational analysis and project planning Operational analysis first We start with users, information flows and the consequences of failure.
Design before specification Design before specification Room layouts, signal paths and interfaces are designed before equipment is ordered.
Off-site pre-configuration equipment Pre-configuration off-site Equipment is configured and tested off-site before site attendance.
Structured AV delivery Structured delivery and documentation RAMS, as-fitted schematics, user documentation and handover evidence.
Long-term support and maintenance Long-term support Support packages are scoped at project stage around operational need.

Company information

Registration details

Registered name
Harp Visual Communications Limited
Companies House
03671929
VAT
GB 723 6287 30
Founded
1998
Registered office
C4 Segensworth Business Centre, Segensworth Road, Fareham, Hampshire, PO15 5RQ

Operating standards

Harp Visual is Cyber Essentials Plus certified, supporting the controlled delivery approach required for secure, regulated and mission-critical AV environments.

The Secure Products line — HDMI Data Blocker, MERLIN and Commandant — is UK-designed and manufactured by Harp Visual for controlled rooms and operational display environments.

Since 1998, Harp Visual has delivered operational AV into defence, government, transport, utilities, broadcast, enterprise and space environments where systems have to keep working.

Working with Harp Visual

If you are assessing Harp Visual for a project — whether a defence control room, a regulated financial environment, a transport operations centre or a commercial AV installation — we are happy to discuss relevant experience, technical approach and project methodology directly.