BMT Defence Services: Press Releases

BMT Defence Services Receives Queen’s Award for Enterprise
Tuesday, April 23, 2013 by BMT Defence Services BMT Defence Services (BMT), a subsidiary of BMT Group, the leading international maritime design, engineering and risk management consultancy, has been recognised with the honour of a Queen's...

BMT Defence Services Appoints New Head of Naval Architecture
Thursday, April 11, 2013 by BMT Defence Services BMT Defence Services, a subsidiary of BMT Group, the leading international maritime design, engineering and risk management consultancy, has announced the promotion of Catriona Savage to the...

BMT Defence Services Continues to Raise the Bar for its Graduates
Tuesday, August 14, 2012 by BMT Defence Services BMT Defence Services, a subsidiary of BMT Group, is delighted to announce that the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) Professional Development Standards Committee has once...

BMT Confirmed As Sub-Contractor For MARS Tanker Project
Tuesday, August 07, 2012 by BMT Defence Services BMT Defence Services, a subsidiary of BMT Group, has announced that it has been confirmed as a sub-contractor for the Royal Navy's MARS (military afloat reach and sustainability) tanker...

DSME Announced as Winning Bid for the MARS Tanker Competition
Tuesday, July 31, 2012 by BMT Defence Services Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) is pleased to announce that it is the preferred bidder for the Royal Navy's MARS (military afloat reach and sustainability) tanker....

BMT Defence Services Increases UK MOD Recognised Organisation Status
Friday, January 20, 2012 by BMT Defence Services BMT Defence Services, the leading international maritime design, engineering and risk management consultancy, has had its status as a Recognised Organisation (RO) renewed by the Ministry of...

BMT Supports TALISMAN Programme in the Fight Against IEDs
Thursday, December 22, 2011 by BMT Defence Services BMT Defence Services, a subsidiary of BMT Group, has supported the Ministry of Defence's (MOD) TALISMAN programme in the fight against mines and Improvised Explosive Devices...

BMT Defence Link to Provide Valuable Collaboration
Tuesday, September 13, 2011 by BMT Defence Services BMT Defence Services, a subsidiary of BMT Group, has announced an initiative which will provide vital support to small and medium sized companies (SMEs), industry suppliers and academia looking...

BMT Experts Secure Key Roles Within QEC Aircraft Carrier Project
Wednesday, August 24, 2011 by BMT Defence Services BMT Defence Services, a subsidiary of BMT Group, the international design, engineering and risk management consultancy, has announced that two of its naval experts have secured prominent...

New Head of Naval Engineering Appointed at BMT
Thursday, August 11, 2011 by BMT Defence Services BMT Defence Services, a subsidiary of BMT Group, the leading international maritime design, engineering and risk management consultancy, has announced the promotion of Tim Hardy to the role of...

DSEi to Provide International Platform for BMT
Tuesday, August 02, 2011 by BMT Defence Services BMT Defence Services, a subsidiary of BMT Group, will use the prestigious DSEi exhibition in London next month as a platform to showcase its global capabilities in both naval design and...

Internal Promotions at BMT Defence Services will Strengthen World Class Capabilities
Monday, May 23, 2011 by BMT Defence Services BMT Defence Services, a subsidiary of BMT Group, the leading international maritime design, engineering and risk management consultancy, announced today the promotion of three key staff...

BMT Defence Services Welcomes Chief Combat Systems Engineer Jay Hart
Tuesday, February 15, 2011 by BMT Defence Services BMT Defence Services, a subsidiary of BMT Group, the leading international defence design, engineering and risk management consultancy, is pleased to announce the appointment of Jay Hart as...

UK MoD and BMT Work Together to Provide Urgent Equipment for Front Line Soldiers
Wednesday, January 12, 2011 by BMT Defence Services BMT Defence Services, a subsidiary of BMT Group, the leading international defence design, engineering and risk management consultancy, has helped the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) deliver...

Electric Armour for Vehicles - BMT Advises European Defence Agency
Friday, December 10, 2010 by BMT Defence Services BMT Defence Services, a subsidiary of BMT Group, has completed a major study of electric armour for armoured vehicles (ELAV) for the European Defence Agency (EDA). BMT has investigated...

BMT Helps Ministry of Defence Improve Efficiency and Effectiveness of Safety Reporting
Wednesday, September 01, 2010 by BMT Defence Services Leading defence design consultancy BMT Defence Services, a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd, has delivered a cost-effective web-based solution for reporting safety performance of UK Royal Air...

BMT Defence Services – Officially a Great Place to Work
Monday, July 05, 2010 by BMT Defence Services Bath-based BMT Defence Services, a subsidiary of BMT Group, the leading international maritime design, engineering and risk management consultancy, has been awarded first-class status in the...

BMT Unveils New Fast Landing Craft Design
Monday, March 22, 2010 by BMT Defence Services BMT Nigel Gee and BMT Defence Services, subsidiaries of BMT Group, the leading international maritime design, engineering and risk management consultancy, have unveiled their new design for...

Mark Stanton Appointed as Head of Systems at BMT Defence Services
Friday, January 08, 2010 by BMT Defence Services Mark Stanton has been appointed head of systems at BMT Defence Services Ltd, a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd. He takes over from Eugene Morgan, former director of systems engineering at BMT...

BMT Defence Services Appoints Rob Steel as Head of Marketing
Monday, December 14, 2009 by BMT Defence Services BMT Defence Services Ltd, a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd, has appointed Rob Steel as Head of Marketing. Steel will promote BMT's products, services and capabilities, as well as attracting...

BMT Wins Further European Defence Contracts
Tuesday, December 01, 2009 by BMT Defence Services BMT Defence Services Ltd, a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd, has secured further contracts with the European Defence Agency (EDA) following the successful completion of the overall platform...

BMT Professor Aappointed Chairman of IMarEST Board of Trustees
Tuesday, November 03, 2009 by BMT Defence Services Professor Chris Hodge, chief electrical engineer of BMT Defence Services Ltd and honorary professor of Engineering at the University of Warwick, has been appointed chairman of the board of...

Eugene Morgan Appointed as Business Development Director of BMT Defence Services Ltd
Friday, October 16, 2009 by BMT Defence Services Eugene Morgan has been appointed business development director of BMT Defence Services Ltd, a subsidiary of independent design and engineering consultancy BMT Group Ltd. He takes over...

Achieving the Corrosion-Resistant Ship
Friday, September 04, 2009 by BMT Defence Services Hostile environments cause structures and machines to corrode. "At $1.8 trillion, the annual cost of corrosion worldwide is over 3% of the world's GDP," says George Hays, the Director of the...

BMT completes Overall Platform Energy Efficiency Study for European Defence Agency
Friday, August 28, 2009 by BMT Defence Services BMT Defence Services Ltd, a subsidiary of BMT Group, has successfully completed an Overall Platform Energy Efficiency Study for the European Defence Agency (EDA). The study sought to identify...

BMT Refines Caimen-200 Design through Further R&D
Wednesday, July 22, 2009 by BMT Defence Services BMT Defence Services Ltd has enhanced the design of its innovative Caimen-200 fast Landing Craft Tank (LCT) by improving its performance and increasing its detail, reliability, flexibility and...

BMT Continues Supporting RN Submarine Flotilla with Babcock
Thursday, July 09, 2009 by BMT Defence Services The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has awarded a £155m contract to provide engineering support to the Royal Navy's (RN) nuclear submarine flotilla over the next ten years. As part of...

BMT Study Helps Shape Future Ministry of Defence Technology Programmes
Friday, May 29, 2009 by BMT Defence Services BMT Defence Services, a subsidiary of BMT Group, has completed a major study for the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) to help inform future defence equipment and support (DE&S) programmes. ...

BMT Defence Services Appoints New Head of Naval Architecture
Tuesday, May 26, 2009 by BMT Defence Services BMT Defence Services, a subsidiary of BMT Group, has appointed James Buckley as its new head of naval architecture. Formerly head of the naval ship assurance support service, he has been...

RINA Prize Conferred on BMT Naval Architect
Thursday, May 14, 2009 by BMT Defence Services Simon Binns, senior naval architect at BMT Defence Services, received the 2008 David Goodrich Prize at the annual general meeting of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects (RINA) held in...

BMT’s Naval Architecture Practice Community Celebrates its First Year
Monday, February 09, 2009 by BMT Defence Services Since its establishment in October 2007, BMT Group's Naval Architecture Practice Community (NAPC) has pooled skills and knowledge and shared best practice across the group. In its opening year...

BMT Advances Capability in Software Solutions
Monday, January 12, 2009 by BMT Defence Services BMT has held its first annual conference in the field of software development, bringing together the expertise of the group's systems architects and web specialists from around the world. ...

BMT Appoints New Operations Director for BMT Defence Services Ltd
Monday, January 12, 2009 by BMT Defence Services BMT Defence Services, a subsidiary of BMT Group, has appointed David Lester-Card as its new operations director. Commenting on his appointment, David said, "After three enjoyable and...

BMT Completes Technology Study for Next-Generation Frigate
Tuesday, January 06, 2009 by BMT Defence Services BMT Defence Services, a subsidiary of BMT Group, has successfully completed a technology assessment and road-mapping study for the Royal Navy's Future Surface Combatant (FSC) programme. The FSC...

IMarEST Gordon Hodge Memorial Lecture
Tuesday, November 25, 2008 by BMT Defence Services Professor Chris Hodge FREng, chief electrical engineer of BMT Defence Services, delivered a lecture entitled ‘A Century of Marine Engineering Training' at the inaugural biennial Gordon...

BMT Appoints Muir Macdonald to Head Up BMT Defence Services
Monday, September 29, 2008 by BMT Defence Services BMT Defence Services, a subsidiary of BMT Group, has announced the appointment of Muir Macdonald as its new managing director. Muir joins BMT Defence Services from the UK Ministry of...

BMT’s New Caimen-200 Fast LCT Offers Speedier Amphibious Ops
Monday, September 08, 2008 by BMT Defence Services BMT Defence Services Ltd, a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd, has unveiled Caimen-200, its innovative new design for a fast, high capacity, highly flexible landing craft tank (LCT). "Almost twice...

BMT Completes RFA ARGUS study
Thursday, June 12, 2008 by BMT Defence Services BMT Defence Services Ltd, a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd, has completed a study of safety issues to determine feasible options for implementation during the planned 2008 refit of RFA ARGUS. ...

BMT unveils Vidar-36 submarine design
Tuesday, May 13, 2008 by BMT Defence Services BMT Defence Services, a subsidiary of BMT Group, has unveiled its Vidar-36 design for an extremely capable and flexible, 3,600 tonne, conventional (SSK) submarine. BMT's Vidar-36 offers...

BMT supplies Map Grid Converters for RAF’s New Merlin Helicopters
Thursday, April 17, 2008 by BMT Defence Services BMT Defence Services a subsidiary of BMT Group, has supplied 15 innovative, hand-held map grid converters for use on the Royal Air Force's new Merlin HC Mk3a helicopters. These units enable...

BMT Maps Future OMAR Capability Options for the MoD
Wednesday, April 09, 2008 by BMT Defence Services BMT Defence Services Ltd, a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd, recently completed the Future OMAR (Operational Maintenance and Repair) Capability Options Study for the Future Business Group (FBG) of...

BMT Completes Major SiCA System Upgrade for the MoD
Thursday, April 03, 2008 by BMT Defence Services BMT Defence Services, a subsidiary of BMT Group, has significantly upgraded the Ministry of Defence's (MoD) Systems Information Co-ordination Agency (SiCA) database and website. Managed by...

BMT Completes Collins-Class Submarine Replacement Costing Study
Wednesday, March 26, 2008 by BMT Defence Services BMT Defence Services has completed a costing study for a class of new submarines to replace the Royal Australian Navy's existing Collins-class submarines. Commissioned by Australia's...

BMT Joins BAE Systems to Compete for MARS Fleet Tankers
Friday, February 15, 2008 by BMT Defence Services BMT Defence Services Ltd, a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd, has recently joined with BAE Systems to submit a single response to the MARS fleet tanker Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) issued...

BMT's New Laser Scanner Speeds Surveys
Friday, January 11, 2008 by BMT Defence Services BMT Defence Services, a subsidiary of BMT Group, has acquired a new FARO LS 880HE laser scanner to significantly enhance the company's ship and submarine surveying capabilities. The new...

BMT and Lloyd’s Register EMEA to Form Naval Ship Assurance Service for UK MoD
Tuesday, January 08, 2008 by BMT Defence Services BMT Defence Services Ltd today announced it has formed an alliance with Lloyd's Register EMEA to provide the Naval Ship Assurance Support Service (NSASS) in a bid to aid the UK Ministry of...