PLATFORMS
Littoral Strike USV (LS-USV)
Built for contested coastal environments, the Littoral Strike USV (LS-USV) gives SOF and Joint maritime operators a low-signature, rapidly deployable platform for strike support, ISR, tactical logistics, and mission-specific effects.
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The Littoral Strike USV (LS-USV) is a purpose-built maritime platform designed to deliver precise effects in confined, high-risk littoral environments while reducing exposure of personnel and high-value assets. It is optimized for operations where access, deniability, and timing are critical - where manned platforms impose disproportionate risk or cost. Suitable for tactical stand-off weapons integration and kinetic or non-kinetic payloads.
The LS-USV is designed for low-signature employment, rapid deployment, and predictable behavior under degraded communications. It is optimized for local assembly, mission-specific tactical employment and end-user adaptability in field conditions, ensuring dynamic choice at the point of need. Payload and weapons integration is modular – with payload bay and mission deck Picatinny rails options. This enables tailored strike, denial or non-kinetic effects aligned to end-user mission requirements.
The platform is intended to complement existing SOF & Joint maritime capabilities by providing commanders with options for shaping, strike support, ISR or tactical logistics in contested littoral spaces. It is engineered for realistic operational use, with an emphasis on reliability, control, and integration into existing command structures. Deployable from a land slip, beach shoreline or mother vessel, the LS-USV provides exceptional flexibility for SOF and Joint maritime operations.
Expeditionary Strike USV (ES-USV)
Combining low-signature design, modular payload integration, and adaptable ISR or strike configurations, the Expeditionary Strike USV (ES-USV) supports missions ranging from persistence and contested logistics to ISR and stand-off effects, while reducing personnel risk and extending operational reach across green-water and blue-water environments.
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The Expeditionary Strike USV (ES-USV) is designed to support forward- deployed and expeditionary operations where flexibility, endurance, and ease of sustainment are essential. It provides a scalable autonomous maritime capability that can be deployed from austere locations, integrated with Joint and SOF elements, and adapted rapidly to evolving mission demands. Optimized for low signature management, with no active emitters or high RCS A-Frame in its strike configuration, the ES-USV offers an ISR configuration with a detachable rear-mounted A-Frame and optional active radar and sensor suites. Suitable for tactical/operational stand-off weapons integration and kinetic (OWA) / non-kinetic payloads.
The ES-USV prioritizes modularity with internal modular bulkhead design and FPV UAS Mission Locker. Its design supports distributed manufacturing, local assembly, and forward sustainment, enabling production at the point of need. This allows configuration to be matched to regional operational requirements.
Operationally, the ES-USV supports missions including access, persistence, shaping, ISR, contested logistics and OWA strike. The platform is engineered for predictable behavior under stress, with the same proven autonomy stack and communications architecture as all of the Marcurius platforms. It is intended to extend reach and persistence without increasing personnel risk or imposing additional command burden. Deployable from a land slip, or mother vessel, the LS-USV provides exceptional flexibility for SOF and Joint maritime green-water and blue-water operations.
Multi-Mission USV (MM-USV)
Designed around a modular payload architecture and long-endurance performance, the Multi-Mission USV (MM-USV) enables commanders to rapidly configure a single platform for multiple operational roles, delivering scalable force projection, persistent reach, and mission-specific flexibility without increasing complexity or reliance on bespoke systems.
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The Multi-Mission USV (MM-USV) is a flexible maritime platform designed to support a wide range of SOF and Joint mission sets. It is optimized for adaptability rather than specialization, providing commanders with a single integration platform that can be configured for multiple roles without bespoke redesign. The MM-USV is highly suited for full-spectrum SOF Effects and Joint Distributed Maritime Operations, including Precision Strike & Persistent Reconnaissance. Significant capacity for stand-off weapons & EW payloads integration enables shaping, active deterrence, and strike operations at reach. The standard 2000nm endurance includes reserve design capacity for end-user mission-specific requirement that require greater endurance.
The MM-USV employs a bespoke modular payload architecture, centred on a Universal Payload Interface Plate (UPIP), enabling mission-specific integration of effects packages including ISR, access support, screening, deception, logistics support, intra-theatre mesh network coordination, and kinetic or non-kinetic payloads. This flexibility allows a single platform to be configured for multiple mission sets and end users, reducing complexity while increasing operator familiarity. The MM-USV is designed as an operational-level, return-to-base capability, supporting both experimentation and deployed use without reliance on niche platforms or fragile concepts. It serves as a principal integration platform, providing a common force projection capability to the end user. With 2000nm endurance, twin-hull gyrostabilised Seakeepers, and a 4-tonne payload capacity, it delivers exceptional mission-specific integration flexibility.