28 October 2020
BMT is proud to be a founding member of the South West Regional Defence and Security Cluster (SWRDSC). The SWRDSC is the first pan-Defence and Security Cluster in the UK. It forms a collaboration led by industry and academia with the support of government and its ministerial departments such as the MOD and its innovation directorate, the Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA).
The aim of the cluster is to raise the profile of regional Defence and Security capability to stimulate greater sector knowledge, business, economic growth, and productivity across the South West region.
The South West is home to many innovative businesses and the cluster aims to strengthen investment and partnerships to help build capabilities and attract and compete for talent. Its purpose is to enable the regional Defence and Security sector to collaborate, overcome barriers to entry and help supply chains to complete and realise new technologies.
Innovation is the common thread that runs through BMT. Our key focus is always to address our customers’ most challenging problems with innovative solutions and so membership of the SWRDSC means we can support greater innovation in the wider South West region. A major activity for the cluster will be to pilot the MOD’s new innovation operating model to improve commercialisation and exploitation of funded innovation.
“Innovation is critical in our rapidly changing world. Collaborating with our regional partners through the new South West Regional Defence and Security Cluster will help us meet our customers’ needs with ever more effective solutions”. James Campbell, DAS UK Lead Innovation Catalyst.
The SWRDSC’s launch event will be held on 4 November 2020 and will inform any potential members throughout the South West of the aims of the cluster and the opportunities that it presents.
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We have successfully partnered with ATLAS ELEKTRONIK UK (AEUK) to advance autonomous maritime navigation by utilising our proprietary Synthetic Environment Assurance Service (SEAS) testbed. This collaboration rigorously assessed AEUK’s cutting-edge autonomous navigation system, ARCIMS, delivering critical insights into its decision-making capabilities and compliance with the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea (COLREGs).
27 March 2025
BMT continues its strategic partnering with Boeing Defence Australia (BDA) to deliver the Maritime Warfighter Network for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) under SEA1442 Phase 5. This next-generation communications system will enhance and modernise fleet connectivity, interoperability, and operational resilience across the Australian Defence Force (ADF).
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BMT and Japan Marine United (JMU) have been contracted by Japan’s Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) to design and build Caimen® Japan the next-generation High Speed Landing Craft, to be operated by the Japan Self Defense Force.
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We are proud to be named as a supplier on the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) G-Cloud 14 Framework, an important ‘Direct Award’ framework enabling government departments and public sector organisations to directly access our expertise in cloud-based services and consultancy.