US Navy autonomous vessel
According to the company, its new unmanned surface vessel (USV) capability could have a 100-ton displacement platform engineered for long-endurance, autonomous deployment.
The vessel is envisaged to be multi-role, capable of transporting logistics payloads, conducting ISR (intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance) missions, or supporting naval munitions delivery without human oversight.
The US has been working towards the development of such USVs for a long. Recently, the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) completed the development of a prototype USV called the USX-1 Defiant.
The USV, measuring 180 feet and weighing 240 metric tons, is currently undergoing testing in dockside environments and on the open ocean.