Earlier this month, Textron Systems sold the first 24-foot TSUNAMI™ craft to the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Dahlgren Division. This transaction marks a significant milestone in the collaboration between Textron Systems and the U.S. Department of Defense. The award includes the state-of-the-art TSUNAMI craft, engineering support, and an advanced surveillance technology package. Textron Systems’ relationship with NSWC Dahlgren signals a continued commitment to supporting the United States military and its strategic objectives. NSWC Dahlgren, will utilize the TSUNAMI as a test and evaluation asset for future Payload, autonomy, and automatic target recognition sUSV development. The craft will also be utilized as an open architecture test platform to support the USN Fleet for both domestic and international exercises. This partnership aims to enhance the capabilities of maritime forces, ensuring optimum readiness for future missions.
With numerous hours of testing and on-water performance, TSUNAMI embodies the future of maritime solutions with its design focusing on being attritable, rapidly deployable, and fully autonomous. As an attritable asset, the TSUNAMI is affordable enough to be expendable if mission conditions necessitate, aligning perfectly with customer objectives that call for reduction in sustained costs during operations. This low-cost solution doesn’t just mean savings; it implies flexibility in mission planning and execution. Equipped with sophisticated sensors and data-processing systems, the craft can execute complex missions without direct operator input, freeing up valuable human resources for other critical tasks. Its integrated surveillance technology package enhances its role as an essential asset in reconnaissance and intelligence-gathering operations, providing real-time data critical to mission success.
In addition to being low cost, TSUNAMI combines a world class production line with rapid scalability ensuring the craft can be rapidly produced to meet the evolving needs of maritime missions. Utilizing a high-volume production line with a global logistics and maintenance infrastructure, TSUNAMI is ready to support missions worldwide. The sale of the TSUNAMI craft reinforces the company’s mission to deliver advanced technology that is both cost-effective and highly effective in execution. With the TSUNAMI, Textron Systems once again demonstrates its expertise in producing reliable, sophisticated solutions for modern military needs. Textron Systems is excited to deliver this innovative technology to the fleet and remains devoted to delivering exceptional, strategic solutions that enhance national defense capabilities.
Textron Systems is an aerospace and defense development and manufacturing firm headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island. Textron Systems has been providing innovative solutions to the defense, homeland security and aerospace communities for more than 50 years. The company is known for its unmanned aircraft systems, advanced marine craft, armored vehicles, intelligent battlefield and surveillance systems, intelligence software solutions, precision smart weapons, piston engines, test and training systems, and total life cycle sustainment and operational services. Textron Systems includes AAI Logistics & Technical Services, AAI Test & Training, AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Aerosonde, ESL Defence, Lycoming Engines, Medical Numerics, MillenWorks, Overwatch, Textron Defense Systems, Textron Marine & Land Systems and Textron Systems Advanced Systems. Textron Inc. is a multi-industry company that leverages its global network of aircraft, defense, industrial and finance businesses to provide customers with innovative solutions and services. Textron is known around the world for its powerful brands such as Bell, Cessna, Beechcraft, Pipistrel, Jacobsen, Kautex, Lycoming, E-Z-GO, Arctic Cat, and Textron Systems.
