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Home» Event News» IMDEX 2019»IMDEX 2019: ZyCraft unveils Vigilant Unmanned Surface Vehicle
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Protecting Singapore’s Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ) might draw on bolstering the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) fleet of medium unmanned vessels. An approach which will explain the presence of numerous Unmanned Surface Vessels at IMDEX 2019 exhibition, being held in the city state.
ZyCraft's Vigilant IUSV scale model at IMDEX 2019

IMDEX 2019: ZyCraft unveils Vigilant Unmanned Surface Vehicle

Protecting Singapore’s Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ) might draw on bolstering the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) fleet of medium unmanned vessels. An approach which will explain the presence of numerous Unmanned Surface Vessels at IMDEX 2019 exhibition, being held in the city-state.

Nathan Gain 15 May 2019

Among other solutions is the brand new Vigilant Independent Unmanned Surface Vessel (IUSV), proposed by the local company ZyCraft. 

Built from lightweight carbon nanotube fibre, the Vigilant uses two Yanmar 6LY3-ETP (480 hp) engines and higher fuel payload (up to 6,8 tons) to achieve at least 3,000 nautical miles, or 25 days of endurance, at loiter speed (6 kn). According to ZyCraft, the Vigilant IUSV is specifically designed to perform maritime surveillance, counter piracy escort, SAR, marine logistics or oil and gas survey tasks.

The Vigilant IUSV is fitted with a Seakeeper stabilisation system which provides anti-roll capability. This enables operations in high sea states with allowing EO/IR system and others electronic sensors to work optimally. The IUSV also features a Simrad 4G radar allowing a detection range of 24 km. 

An in-house built collision avoidance software ensures the Vigilant operates safely even in congested waters. The IUSV has a 16 tons payload capacity. 

ZyCraft was founded in 2011 for the purpose of developing advanced, unmanned maritime systems technologies. Besides the Vigilant IUSV, ZyCraft developed the M75 Unmanned Target Boat and a Diver Detection Sonar. 

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Posted by : Nathan Gain
Nathan is based in Namur, Belgium. He holds an MA in modern history with a minor in international relations from the Catholic University of Louvain (UCL – Belgium). Fascinated by military history he naturally turned to the defense sector after graduating and is particularly interested in Northern European and Belgian defense issues as well as in anything related to naval aviation.

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