Roke Manor Research

Roke
Company typeLimited Company
Founded1956
HeadquartersRomsey, United Kingdom
Number of locations
4 (2025)
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Marc Overton, Managing Director
Ian Cooper, Finance Director
Number of employees
828 (2022)
ParentChemring Group PLC
Divisions
  • Defence
  • National security
  • Geospatial intelligence
Websiteroke.co.uk

Roke Manor Research Ltd (trading as Roke) is a British technology and engineering company based at Roke Manor near Romsey, Hampshire. The company operates in the defence, national security and geospatial intelligence industries with clients in the public and private sector. Roke conducts research and development for technical areas including communications, electronic sensors, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and data science.

The company has been part of the Chemring Group PLC since 2010. It was originally an arm of Plessey and later of Siemens, during which time it operated primarily as a research facility.