CAIMEN®-90 Fast - BMT Defence Services

AMPHIBIOUS
CAIMEN®-90 Fast
High speeds with exceptional seakeeping can now be realised with BMT’s advanced
landing craft hullform.
The Caimen®-90 Fast was developed in
response to the emerging requirement
to distance amphibious task forces
further away from the beach, as a
counter to inshore threats. As this
distance increases, so too does the
need for faster surface connectors, to
enable the all-important offload tempo.
BMT’s Caimen®-90 Fast Landing Craft
offers huge advances in connector
performance with the ability to move a
Main Battle Tank across the littoral gap
at 22 knots and operate unloaded at
40 knots. With the flexibility and cost
advantages of a robust monohull, and
offering both an alternative and
complementary capability to large
hovercraft, the Caimen®-90 Fast signals
the next generation of landing craft
design, demonstrating real gains in the
projection of power from the sea.
Features and Benefits
•
High Speed - Caimen®-90 Fast is able to operate at high speeds with
heavy payloads, allowing faster amphibious offload from a host platform
when compared with slower, more conventional landing craft.
•
Sea Keeping - Caimen®-90 Fast benefits from excellent sea-keeping, with
less than one knot speed reduction in Sea State 4, promoting consistent
effectiveness across a range of operational areas.
•
Robust Design - Confidence in the safe and efficient delivery of troops
and vehicles is assured thanks to its inherent beached stability and tough,
reinforced structure.
•
Reliability - Three high speed diesel engines coupled to waterjets offer
inherent redundancy and maximises craft availability. Good access to
machinery reduces the maintenance burden to the crew.
•
Utility - The 500NM range and multi-role flexibility of the Caimen®-90 Fast
allows a wide variety of independent operations for both combat and
Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief tasks.
•
An Alternative Approach - The Caimen®-90 Fast offers new options for fast
surface connector capability when compared to air cushion landing craft:
half the storage footprint (for the same payload weight), diesel engines
rather than gas turbines, and only a small portion of their purchase and
through life costs.
AMPHIBIOUS
Indicative design and performance features
The requirement to
“
deliver troops, vehicles and
equipment from the sea,
across the beach and onto the
objective remains both critical
and challenging. Legacy
landing craft struggle to meet
assault timelines as offshore
launch distances increase
to counter host platform
vulnerability.
”
Caimen®-90 Fast is a highly capable
fast landing craft designed by BMT
Defence Services and BMT Nigel Gee,
two companies with a pedigree in
independent design, strong technical
capability, a proven record of
innovation and an extensive portfolio
of designs, particularly for high-speed
vessels. The design features a novel,
tri-bow monohull constructed from
aluminium, and a bow ramp positioned
well above the waterline, but folded to
provide excellent visibility from the
wheelhouse. This hullform has been
extensively tested and the capability of
the design has been proven not only
in terms of speed but also sea-keeping and manoeuvrability. Designs can
be tailored to suit individual customer
requirements.
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BMT Group Ltd
Bath, United Kingdom
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Email: amphibious@bmtdsl.co.uk
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