With a surfaced displacement of 700 tonnes, the BMT Vidar®-7 Small Modern SSK concept has been developed to deliver sovereign capability at an affordable whole-life cost. Specifically designed to cover a multitude of covert roles in the current, challenging economic conditions, BMT Vidar®-7 is an affordable design that takes advantage of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) and military off-the-shelf (MOTS) technology to maximise availability, radius of operation, mission endurance, flexibility, payload capacity and stealth. Maximising survivability and improved resilience to weapon effects is enabled by a double hull cross section designed for Target Echo Strength reduction.
The design philosophy behind BMT Vidar®-7 places considerable emphasis on minimising the overall cost of ownership, including production and through life support. This latest addition to the BMT Vidar® range provides a flexible solution covering the full spectrum of demanding roles from ASW, ASuW, ISR, and Special Forces, to training, coastguard, anti-piracy and land strike operation. Multi-Mission capability and submarine re-role is achieved through reconfigurable internal and external spaces to suit customer needs
