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Home» News»China’s Marine Lizard Amphibious USV
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China’s Marine Lizard Amphibious USV

On April 8, 2019, Chinese engineering company Qingdao Wuchuan Heavy Industry (part of the state-owned shipbuilding corporation China Shipbuilding Industry Corp-CSIC) announced the sea (and land) trials of the “Marine lizard”, the world's first amphibious unmanned surface vessels (USV).

Xavier Vavasseur 16 Apr 2019

The Marine Lizard has a length of 12 meters, a width of 4.14 meters and a maximum water speed of 50 knots. It is equipped with an advanced navigation and fire control system that includes the Beidou navigation system (the so-called Chinese DPS), a situational awareness system that combines images from high-quality cameras of visible and infrared light with data from lidars and radars. All this data is transmitted to a remote control center, which can be placed aboard a surface ship of the PLA Navy.

The Marine Lizard during factory trials

According to Qingdao Wuchuan Heavy Industry, the Marine Lizard is designed for operations on disputed islands in the South China Sea, such as: high-speed water delivery, landing of an amphibious assault force on an unequipped coast, supply of military units deployed on artificial reefs controlled by the People’s Republic of China in the Spratly island, protection and patrol of the coastal zone…

Amphibious Warfare China PLAN USV 2019-04-16
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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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