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Home» Event News» Euronaval 2020»Euronaval: Iguana Pro New Interceptor Amphibious Craft Procured by the US Navy
Iguana Pro designs fast craft able to autonomously land and move ashore on rubber tracks.

Euronaval: Iguana Pro New Interceptor Amphibious Craft Procured by the US Navy

During Euronaval Online, the French company Iguana Pro displays its new amphibious craft, the IG-PRO 31 Interceptor. Using retractable tracks, the Interceptor is a fully amphibious fast boat, also available in RHIB configuration. The US Navy recently procured two IG-PRO Interceptor. The French company now hopes for more orders from the US armed forces.

Yannick Smaldore 20 Oct 2020

Iguana Pro press release

Introducing the new Iguana Pro amphibious craft, the Interceptor. A model made for high-speed interceptions, extractions, surveillance and logistic operations. This amphibious model can land anywhere in soft sand, rocks and mud. Built primarily as a boat, the Interceptor reaches speeds of 50 knots. The Interceptor is the perfect vessel for Law Enforcement, Defence, Homeland Security and Surveillance.

With 12 years of approved reliability, Iguana Pro has just sold 2 Interceptors to the US Navy. The boats are being delivered and they foreshadow a larger order from the US Army.

Designed for military and law enforcement use, the Interceptor is 9,4m long, has a 1200kg payload. Its maximal water speed is 50 knots, while its land speed is 7 km/h

Coming as a platform, the Interceptor can be adapted to multiple use cases. With expertise in electronics, mechanics, hydraulics, our Research Unit provide specific studies to ensure feasibility and performance of fully customized projects.

«The Interceptor can land on any type of ground and sail at high speed in heavy weather»

Amazing land capacities

Built with a unique technology this unit carries an integrated landing gear making it truly amphibious and deployable from any shore, may it be mud, sand, shingle or even rocks. The integrated landing gear deploys and retracts in only 8 seconds.

Built primarily as a boat

The Interceptor can reach speeds of 50 knots. It offers incredible stability and can negotiate choppy seas with ease. The hull and structure are made in GRP with carbon fiber reinforcement to sustain the constraint of high speed operations.

Despite its amphibious ability, the Iguana Pro Interceptor is a highly capable high speed interceptor craft.

Modular platform

The Interceptor is also available as a RIB and the deck layout is fully customizable to match users’ needs with options such as tripod reinforcement, crash rails, shock mitigating seats, hard top, underwater cameras.

IG PRO 31 INTERCEPTOR

Fast, versatile and rugged, this 10m boat is made for applications such as border surveillance, port security, high speed interception and law enforcement.

IG PRO 31 INTERCEPTOR RIB

The interceptor is also available as a RIB, with an all-around inflatable tube for a safer and more comfortable experience.

The IG-PRO Interceptor is available in RHIB configuration.

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Naval News comments

Iguana Pro is a branch of the French shipyard Iguana Yacht, focusing on amphibious fast boats for military forces and law enforcement operating at sea and shores. The company has been building amphibious boats with tracks for 12 years. Iguana Pro is proposing fast rescue and interceptor amphibious boats since 2017.

The retractable amphibious tracks of the Iguanas allow the craft to land in sand, rocks or mud shores. Able to operate as an autonomous land based boat, the IG-PRO 31 Interceptor can be deployed very quickly without any specific infrastructure or land vehicle.

Detailed view on an Iguana boat’s rubber tracks. This feature allows to quickly and easily hide a special force Interceptor ashore.

It also offers some potential for special forces. Replacing a conventional RHIB, it can allow faster deployment of sea based commandos. The Interceptor being able to move on land, it’s also easier to hide the landing craft ashore during special operations.

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Posted by : Yannick Smaldore
Yannick is based in Lyon, France. He holds two Master’s degrees in Cultural Anthropology and in International Relations & Defense from University of Lyon. Always fascinated by aeronautical and naval technologies, he’s specialised in international arms transfers and geopolitical crises. Since 2012, he covers defense subjects for several French and international periodicals and press agencies.

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