BMT
Fleet Technology Ltd, a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd, the leading international
maritime design, engineering and risk management consultancy, is pleased
to announce that it has been awarded a 12-month, $9.8M design project
to further develop the Contract Design as one possible option for the
Canadian Forces' (CF) new Joint Support Ship (JSS).
Following on from BMT Fleet Technology's successful completion of the
JSS Preliminary Design, the award of JSS Contract Design is a significant
milestone in nearly a decade of close cooperation with the JSS Project
Office.
The Joint Support Ship (JSS) project is a Government of Canada
capital acquisition project to replace the Royal Canadian Navy's ageing
Auxiliary Oiler Replenishment (AOR) ships. Canada's current procurement
strategy includes the assessment/evaluation of two design options: a
bespoke design developed by BMT Fleet Technology and an existing, off-the-shelf
design of ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems' Berlin Class.
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BMT Fleet Technology of Ottawa, Ontario has been
supporting the JSS project since December 2002 through a series of individual
taskings issued under an Engineering, Logistics, and Management Support
(ELMS) Services Contract. These taskings have included a broad range
of engineering and design studies analysing and addressing such areas
as system requirements, Naval Ship rules, concept design, ship performance
modeling, general arrangements and layouts, pollution control, crewing
concepts, system operations, ship sub-systems design, in service support
concepts and through life cost analyses.
Dr Gordon Fleming President of BMT Fleet Technology commented: "The
award of JSS Contract Design to BMT underscores the Royal Canadian Navy's
confidence in our abilities to successfully manage and execute a design
project of this magnitude and importance."
He continued: "We intend to deliver a World-Class solution for
JSS, and have been aggressively growing and strengthening our Canadian
design team to achieve this. BMT Fleet Technology will also capitalize
on the expertise, capabilities, and synergies available across the BMT
group. The JSS project will draw on Naval Architects, Structural Engineers,
Marine Systems Engineers and Combat Systems Engineers from all four
of BMT Fleet Technology's offices in Canada, as well as sister BMT companies."
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Joint Support
Ship artist impression