2.10pm – 2.35pm GMT, 27 November 2025 ‐ 25 mins
Session Five: Automation and System Integration for Maritime Operational Superiority





Fire Protection Capability Service Lead, BMT
Rebecca Stanley CEng, CMarEng, MIMarEST is the Fire Protection Capability Service Lead at BMT UK. She is a Chartered Engineer with a First Class Masters in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Manchester with over a decade of experience in Marine Engineering. She was elected to the IMarEST Council and sits on the Board of Trustees as a council trustee.
Graduate Marine Engineer, BMT
Tamsyn Hills is a Graduate Marine Engineer at BMT, where she has spent the past year supporting the Mechanical Engineering Capability, with a particular focus on fire protection systems. She holds a First Class Masters in Medical Engineering from the University of Cardiff, bringing a multidisciplinary perspective to her work, and is actively working towards her Engineering Chartership with the IMechE.

Strategic consultant, QinetiQ
Bill Biggs is the System of Systems Architect for MHC and wider maritime autonomy within DE&S. Prior to joining the MHC team, he had an autonomous systems portfolio leadership role in QinetiQ, working across all 3 environments. He enjoyed an interesting and varied first career in the Royal Navy as a surface Weapon Engineer. He is the author and co-author of a number of related papers on the subject of uncrewed systems integration and maritime autonomy.
Weapons Engineer Officer, Royal Navy
Lt. Morgan Colbeck RN currently lives in Surrey with his wife Annabel. He was born in Bedfordshire and attended Collingwood College at the University of Durham, achieving a master’s degree in Natural Sciences specialising in Maths and Physics. He worked as a software engineer before joining the Royal Navy in 2019 as a Weapons Engineering Officer. He is currently deployed with HMS Duncan, serving as the Communication Information Systems Engineer Officer and maintains a keen interest in the wider engineering community.