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BMT bolsters Anzac class engineering
12th May 2026
BMT has announced it will be engaging with BAE Systems on DSC-West, the Royal Australian Navy’s Anzac Class Designer Support Contract. The company’s 2024 acquisition of Australian Maritime Technologies (AMT) is central to the engineering depth it brings to the programme.
AMT was established as part of the original in-country design and build effort for the Anzac class and has maintained a continuous engineering relationship with both the RAN and the Royal New Zealand Navy across design, upgrade and sustainment phases ever since. Its acquisition by BMT brings institutional knowledge stretching from design inception to the present day into the DSC-West team, knowledge that goes beyond what