BMT secures research grant for Australia’s next-generation submarine
BMT Design & Technology (BMT), a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd, in collaboration with Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO), has secured funding through the Australian Defence Science Institute’s Collaboration Research Grant Scheme which, this year, attracted more than 30 high quality research proposals seeking over $1.4 million in funding, the company said in its press release.
The scheme was introduced to enable industry and/or DSTO to undertake collaborative research with DSI participating universities. Through the research grant, BMT will work closely with DSTO and Victoria University to develop a risk analysis and evaluation of emerging technologies, challenges and design solutions for input to the SEA1000 program.
Specifically, the research project will seek to review the range of possible technologies that could be integrated into the future submarine and provide a risk-based assessment of all components and sub-components of the future submarine fire safety system, from fire prevention, detection and suppression to occupant response/behaviour and emergency procedures.
