BMT partners with BAE Systems on Anzac Class Designer Support Contract
BMT has announced it will be engaging with BAE Systems Australia, the prime contractor for the Design Support Contract (DSC) supporting the Royal Australian Navy’s Anzac class frigates.
The relationship reflects a deliberate alignment between two organisations with shared strategic intent and complementary capability, supporting the Navy’s sustainment objectives through disciplined engineering and mature industry collaboration.
BMT’s Defence strategy is anchored in three core service tenets: ship design, systems assurance, and autonomy. These capabilities underpin more than 30 years of continuous involvement with the Anzac class, spanning original design authority, major upgrades, and in-service support, and extend across a broader Australian naval portfolio – including patrol boats, Collins class submarines, Guided Missile Destroyer (DDG) ships, Hunter-class frigates, amphibious platforms such as Landing Ship Dock (LSD) and Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD), support for RAN fleet communications via the Maritime Warfighter Network with Boeing and innovative ship design like the scalable CAIMEN family of landing craft to enhance littoral amphibious operations.
“We thank BAE Systems Australia for recognising the depth of BMT’s naval engineering capability and for the mature, best-for-customer approach they have brought to this programme,” said Graeme Nayler, Regional Business Director, Asia-Pacific, BMT.
“Their willingness to align complementary capabilities and focus on what delivers the strongest outcome for the Navy is exactly what an effective industry collaboration should look like, aligning with Australia’s Defence Strategy priorities for assured, resilient sovereign capability across platforms from submarines to amphibious operations.”
The Designer Support Contract reinforces BMT’s approach to aligning with primes and shipbuilders that value technical discipline, clear accountability, and complementary roles.
BMT’s Australian naval capability has been further strengthened through the 2024 acquisition of Australian Maritime Technologies (AMT), expanding specialist expertise in Anzac class upgrades for both the Australian and New Zealand navies.
Through sustained investment in ship design, systems assurance, and autonomy, and by aligning with like-minded industry partners, BMT continues to elevate its contribution to Australia’s naval enterprise, focused on delivery, resilience, and outcomes.
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