BARROW and District Association of Engineers is set to explore Project Piranha.

Penetrating the impenetrable – inserting new technology into the underwater enterprise via Project Piranha will be presented by BAE Systems Submarines Piranha delivery manager and chief engineer, Anthony Stagg, and Piranha chief naval architect, David Ritchie.

The talk is billed as: “BAE Systems Submarines continues to seek new and innovative ways to improve the maritime underwater capability for our customers, but gaining the confidence to deploy new technology and techniques has often been a barrier to progress and innovation in this field.

“In striving to solve this problem, a new and deliberately disruptive approach is being deployed via Project Piranha to enable better access for industry and technological advances to enter the field.

“This aims to produce a functional UK Submarine testbed based on the legacy Piranha platform to enable the UK enterprise to keep pace with all emergent threats, offering suppliers and strategic partners a route to demonstrate their capabilities, and build confidence in the technologies of the future.

Martin Bates, BDAE council member, says that this should be an interesting talk for a wide audience, who are interested in the development of improved submarines, which will enhance their demand and secure a better future for the Barrow shipyard.

The presentation will be at The Studio, The Forum in Barrow at 7.30pm, on Thursday, September 22.

The talk is free and available to all. Information is also available on the website: www.bdae.org.uk