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Medium size USV scale model on Austal USA stand at SAS 2019

SAS 2019: Austal Unveils Range of Autonomous USVs

At the Sea Air Space 2019 exposition currently held near Washington DC, Austal USA unveiled a new range of catamaran and trimaran medium to large size Unmanned Surface Vessels (USV).

Xavier Vavasseur 07 May 2019

According to Austal USA, these new designs reflect the company’s ability to generate forward thinking customized surface ship solutions affordable to the U.S. Navy.

Medium size USV in catamaran configuration. Austal picture.

These flexible unmanned and autonomous surface vessels are driven by data analytics and incorporate artificial intelligence and machine learning. Vessels range in size from 30 to 110 meters in length providing both mid and large size solutions.

Medium size USV in trimaran configuration. Austal picture.

According to Austal USA, these platforms are tailored to meet the U.S. Navy’s emerging and evolving autonomous requirements to provide the fleet with increased lethality and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capability. The ship’s networked capacity makes it a perfect fit for distributed lethality.

Depending on requirements, Austal USA’s USV may be fitted with VLS, self-defense weapons, over the horizon, berthing for optionally manned requirements, support of unmanned systems, fuelling at sea, VERTREP…

Large USV (unmanned EPF) launching a surface to air missile. Austal picture.

Naval News learned during SAS 2019 that Austal USA responded to the US Navy RFI for large USV with an autonomous variant of its EPF design.

Austal USA’s autonomous ship specifications
Hull: Catamaran/Trimaran
Length overall: 131-361 ft (40-110m)
Beam overall: 43-95 ft (13-29m)
Draft full load: 5-13 ft (1.5-4m)
Full load displacement: 260-2500 metric tons
Speed: >35 knots
Range @16 knots: >10,000 nautical miles
Endurance: >90 days autonomous operations

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Posted by : Xavier Vavasseur
Xavier is based in Paris, France. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Management Information Systems and a Master of Business Administration from Florida Institute of Technology (FIT). Xavier has been covering naval defense topics for nearly a decade.

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