BAE Systems Australia Maritime, BMT secure Anzac Class Designer Support Contract

The strategic collaboration highlights both companies’ joint commitment to deliver superior, sovereign maritime capabilities for Australia.  

“This award marks a new chapter in Anzac class sustainment,” according to BAE Systems Australia Maritime surface ships managing director David Shepherd.

“As the company that constructed the Anzac fleet and successfully helped deliver two major upgrade programs across the class, we’re proud to combine our experience with the expanded capabilities of BMT to deliver safe, efficient and reliable outcomes for the Commonwealth.” 

BAE Systems and BMT (which last year acquired Australian Maritime Technologies with heritage link to the original Anzac class designer), combine platform expertise, design authority access, and sovereign capability support to enhance Anzac class vessels.   

“We are delighted the Commonwealth has selected the DSC-West team. With AMT now part of BMT, we bring together decades of Anzac class knowledge, ensuring we can continue delivering operational excellence for the Anzac class fleet,” according to BMT managing director Graeme Nayler.

“The DSC-West contract will be delivered out of the Henderson shipyard in Perth, as well as across multiple offices in Melbourne, Sydney and other locations. 

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“The contract award leverages these teams’ deep platform knowledge, direct design authority access, and robust sovereign capability to deliver assured availability and future ready upgrades for the Anzac class.

“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.

“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.”