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QinetiQ signs BMT Isis wins safety
design partnership case contract
QinetiQ has signed an initial 11 month contract with BMT Isis Ltd, a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd, is ensuring
the UK Ministry of Defence as part of a £2 million the safety of submarine rescue on behalf of the Royal
pilot study which will see a new joint MoD/industry Australian Navy. Th e Bath-based company has been
naval ship design offi ce established in Bristol, to be awarded a contract worth over £250,000 by the Austral-
tasked with the design of complex naval ships for ian Defence Material Organisation (DMO) to produce a
the Royal Navy, such as the Future Surface Combat- Safety Case Report (SCR) for the Royal Australian Navy’s
ant (FSC). Submarine Escape and Rescue Service (SERS).
The Naval Design Partnership (NDP), with its SERS is called into action when a submarine needs
‘rainbow team’ of talent, which includes Thales, to be evacuated in an emergency, due to malfunction,
BAE Systems, VT Group, Babcock and BMT, will accident or attack. Th e contract requires in-country
allow greater innovation and pull-though of new presence with a draft of the SCR due to have been in
technology and will cost effectively manage the place by the end of April.
translation of maritime capability requirements into Th e SCR is to cover all elements of the SERS including
warship product specifi cations. It will also enable the Submersible Rescue Vehicle (Remora), the Launch and
the Ministry of Defence to reinforce in house naval Recovery System (LARS), the Transfer Under Pressure
architecture and related specialisms through a (TUP) facility and the Deck Decompression Chambers
collaborative design approach. (DDC). Th e SCR is required to provide assurance to the
Th e NDP team will be collocated at QinetiQ’s Bristol DMO that when Remora and the LARS are re-introduced
offi ce, close to Abbey Wood, under the leadership of into service aft er refurbishment and enhancement, risks
a Ministry of Defence Chief Engineer. Th e dedicated arising from the operation of SERS are acceptable and As
facilities can accommodate up to 25 people, drawn Low As Reasonably Practicable (ALARP).
from the best that UK industry and MOD currently
have to off er. Contract
Th e team will be initially tasked with a series of
concept studies to develop the high level product
DCNS to upgrade
specifi cation for the FSC C1 programme with the
submarines
objective of ensuring that it successfully clears Initial
Gate in late 2008. DCNS in France has signed two contracts with
It is envisaged that this output may be further Chilean naval shipyard ASMAR - one to modernise
extended to address future MARS and other future the combat systems on two Ecuadorian Navy Type
FSC platforms and be adapted to provide appropriate 209 submarines, the other to assist ASMAR with hull
designs for any future vessel classes that may cutting to expedite the associated refi ts.
be required. Th e DCNS share in the contracts is worth more
than €10 million. Th e contracts were signed following
Aircraft Carriers the Ecuadorian government’s decision to award
Russian carrier ‘will
ASMAR a major contract to modernise and refi t
the submarines.
be ready by 2012’
The combat system modernisation contract
was signed by UDS International, a wholly owned
The Sevmash shipyard in Russia says the former subsidiary of the DCNS group. It calls for the
Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov will be replacement of the submarines’ German-designed
handed over to India at the end of 2012. combat systems by the Submarine Tactical Integrated
Naval Spyglass reported recently that the yard says it Combat System (SUBTICS) developed by DCNS.
can complete upgrading work by 2011 and that this will
be followed by sea trials before the ship is handed over. Contracts
However, India has requested Russia to make an
advance payment of US$250 million for the work.
Alewijnse contract
A Defence Ministry team led by the controller
for patrol vessels
Warship Production and Acquisition, Vice-Admiral
Dileep Deshpande, visited Moscow 26-31 May for Alewijnse Marine Systems has signed a contract
fi nal talks on the issue. with Schelde Naval Shipbuilding for the delivery and
Th e original deal, including aircraft was worth supply of the electrical installations on four patrol
US$1.5 billion, but Russia is now requesting an extra vessels for the Dutch Navy. Th e contract, initiated
US$1.2 billion. by Alewijnse Retec Romania, was signed by Schelde
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