Shaping the future of Maritime Autonomous Systems
We help you shape the conditions and complete successful transitions to the adoption of MAS – from concept and design through to assurance.
We help you shape the conditions and complete successful transitions to the adoption of MAS – from concept and design through to assurance.
As the maritime industry evolves, the pressure to improve productivity, profitability, safety, and sustainability continues to grow. Maritime Autonomous Systems (MAS) are key to meeting these demands. Naval forces, shipowners, operators, offshore wind developers, ports, and harbour authorities are exploring MAS to overcome operational challenges and unlock new efficiencies.
We offer a range of services designed to ensure your autonomous maritime systems operate in a safe, efficient, and regulatory compliant manner. Our Assurance, Safety, and Risk Services provide comprehensive support for testing, evaluation, and certification, helping you to deploy reliable and compliant systems quickly and with confidence.
Our verification and validation programmes rigorously assess the reliability of your autonomous systems. This ensures your systems meet the highest safety and performance standards. Using our certified REMBRANDT testing environment, our SEAS tests help you improve autonomous navigation systems and achieve compliance with industry regulations like COLREGs, ensuring safer operations.
We ensure your remote operating centres are equipped with advanced situational awareness tools. Our situational awareness assurance tool determines whether your remote operating centre has the necessary sensors and information to give enough situational awareness to an operator, and what is needed if not. We help your operators make informed, safe decisions during vessel control, enhancing overall operational safety.
We provide expert Independent Technical MAS Advisory Services designed to support you, whether you are a supplier or procurer of Maritime Autonomous Systems (MAS). Our multidisciplinary expertise in systems engineering, naval architecture, and mission systems ensures a safe and effective transition to autonomous maritime operations.
The use of advanced automation to reduce crew numbers is crucial to modern maritime defence plans, enhancing capability, flexibility, and reducing costs. We are a world leader in ship design, and we will use our expertise to create resilient, secure remotely operated and autonomous uncrewed platforms. We can support you further by developing CONOPs and systems requirements, managing requirements, as well as creating equipment specifications and standards.
Our commitment to pioneering maritime technology is demonstrated in our ability to deliver bespoke designs that cater to the evolving needs of the industry, setting new benchmarks in ship design and autonomous operations. By integrating state-of-the-art navigation systems, robust safety features, and sustainable design principles, we ensure that our uncrewed vessels meet the highest standards of performance and reliability. A key example of what is possible is our vision for a Large Uncrewed Surface Vessel (LUSV).
We are collaborating with South Devon College and HydroSurv Ltd on the InnovateUK ROC + DOCK project. The goal is to design a cutting-edge remote operating centre for simulated and real-life operator training programs. This project focuses on managing a small USV on the River Dart. This partnership ensures comprehensive solutions for effective and safe remote vessel operations.
We provide you with a comprehensive suite of training programs and digital tools tailored to support the development and operation of autonomous vessels. Our solutions ensure your transition to maritime autonomy is seamless, enhancing the efficiency and safety of your systems while helping you achieve operational excellence.
Bringing uncrewed systems into your operations generates a step-change for your people. Our training experts can support the development of pro-active, professional, and highly skilled personnel within a regulated environment.
BMT's REMBRANDT Virtual Test Environment simulates real-world scenarios for autonomous navigation systems. The simulator brings together high-fidelity hydrodynamics and environmental factors to allow accurate testing of vessel movements and interactions. This robust tool helps you identify and address potential issues, enhancing system performance and safety.
We are the leading maritime technical consultancy with global presence
We are a trusted friend to the UKRN given our contingent of ex-service personnel, able to see problems through the customers eyes and act in their best interest
We are independent and solution agnostic to provide impartial advisory and technical services to procurers and operators of MAS
We invest in our own innovation and development to stay at the forefront of the MAS industry
We have unrivalled breadth of maritime industry experts across commercial, government, environment, security and defence segments
We have experience throughout the engineering lifecycle of MAS and a wide range of technical disciplines including pre-concept, design, development, test, evaluation, training and operation
Will Alexander discusses the impact of autonomous vessels on safety considerations with Matt Wylie, one of our safety consultants.
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Head of Maritime Autonomy Global
Will is a Management Consultant specialising in Maritime Autonomy and Geospatial Data. He has programme management and leadership experience across a wide range of projects and operations. Will thrives on new challenges and, as a former Royal Navy Officer, has developed exceptional leadership and communication skills.
Head of Maritime Autonomy Global
Will is a Management Consultant specialising in Maritime Autonomy and Geospatial Data. He has programme management and leadership experience across a wide range of projects and operations. Will thrives on new challenges and, as a former Royal Navy Officer, has developed exceptional leadership and communication skills.
Head of MAS Technology and Innovation UK/EU
Eshan is a chartered engineer with over twenty years of experience in research and innovation, technology development, and demonstrator prototyping. Eshan's efforts have led to field-leading prototype demonstrators in autonomous navigation, remote engine room inspection, and machine situation awareness for collision avoidance.
Head of MAS Technology and Innovation UK/EU
Eshan is a chartered engineer with over twenty years of experience in research and innovation, technology development, and demonstrator prototyping. Eshan's efforts have led to field-leading prototype demonstrators in autonomous navigation, remote engine room inspection, and machine situation awareness for collision avoidance.
Head of Business Development APAC
Trevor is a senior leader with expertise in capture management, new business development and relationship management.
He previously led the Maritime Engineering team, where he was responsible for delivering engineering and vessel survey services to the commercial and defence industries. He is a Chartered Engineer and Member of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects.
Head of Business Development APAC
Trevor is a senior leader with expertise in capture management, new business development and relationship management.
He previously led the Maritime Engineering team, where he was responsible for delivering engineering and vessel survey services to the commercial and defence industries. He is a Chartered Engineer and Member of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects.
Business Development Manager US
Will has more than eight years of experience driving digital transformation across the maritime industry, he's helped shipyards, fleet operators, and naval design teams solve complex operational challenges through practical, innovative solutions.
Will is deeply engaged in Canada’s maritime sector, where he's leveraged his industry expertise and technical knowledge to deliver meaningful results, fueling business growth and ensuring client success.
Business Development Manager US
Will has more than eight years of experience driving digital transformation across the maritime industry, he's helped shipyards, fleet operators, and naval design teams solve complex operational challenges through practical, innovative solutions.
Will is deeply engaged in Canada’s maritime sector, where he's leveraged his industry expertise and technical knowledge to deliver meaningful results, fueling business growth and ensuring client success.
Our maritime autonomy team is proud to be at the forefront of innovation. By contributing our engineering, scientific and design expertise, and insights, we ensure that our solutions are trusted, reliable, and at the forefront of industry advancements.
Insights and papers
Board Member of Future at Sea Technologies (FAST) Cluster and Co-Chair of ROC Subgroup, responsible for supporting ROC capability design and operation.
Society of Maritime Industries (SMI) Maritime Autonomous Systems Group Council Member
Member of MCA National Correspondence Group for Remote Operator training and certification, and Remote Operations subgroup.
Industry Advisory Board member for the Responsible AI Consortium.
Member of the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology MASS Special Interest Group.
Member of the Safety Critical Systems Club.
DNV-certified ship simulation system delivering next-generation navigation, port feasibility, and training simulation — for when accuracy matters.
We are a global ship design business with over 300 vessels in service across the world.
We have successfully partnered with ATLAS ELEKTRONIK UK (AEUK) to advance autonomous maritime navigation by utilising our proprietary Synthetic Environment Assurance Service (SEAS) testbed. This collaboration rigorously assessed AEUK’s cutting-edge autonomous navigation system, ARCIMS, delivering critical insights into its decision-making capabilities and compliance with the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea (COLREGs).
Advancing the future of autonomous maritime data collection through strategic collaboration in Maritime Monitoring and Digital Innovation.
BMT is excited to announce a groundbreaking collaboration with Ocius to revolutionise maritime data collection and management
BMT is collaborating on a decarbonisation project for the UK's maritime sector. In partnership with South Devon College and HydroSurv, BMT aims to drive clean and sustainable maritime innovation in the UK’s Southwest and beyond.
The LUSV vision is an evolution of BMT's Highly Autonomous Warship Technologies (HAWT) programme.
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