The AIRCAT Bengal is a versatile multi-role vessel that provides a cost-effective solution for building numerically credible fleets with no compromise on firepower or agility. It is highly suited to patrol, interdiction, fleet and base protection, ISR, logistics, and other challenging missions in contested littoral environments.
The highly mobile forward-based unit provides an effective deterrent against threats on the surface, in the air, or under the water, and makes an ideal counter-UxV platform. Offering high speed and long range, it can host up to two 20-foot ISO payload containers, which can carry swarming loitering munition drones, anti-ship missiles, air defense systems, torpedoes, mine countermeasure systems, and more.
Specifications:
| Dimensions: | Length 36 m (118 ft) Beam 14 m (45.9 ft) Draft 0.8 m (2.6 ft) On Cushion / 2.4 m (7.8 ft) Off Cushion Height Overall 13.1 m (43 ft) |
| Displacement: | ~ 170 mt (167.3 lt) |
| Main Engines: | 4 x MTU 16V2000 M72 |
| Max Continuous Power (ISO Conditions): | 4 x 1440 kW @ 2250 rpm |
| Speed: | Max 47 – 50 kts loadout dependent Cruise 38 kts |
| Range: | 1,000 nm @ 38 kts |
| Sea Keeping / Stability: | Sea State 3 Full Speed Sea State 4 Reduced Speed Sea State 5 Restricted Operations Sea State 6 Survivable |
| Crew: | 4 – 7 depending on mission requirements |
| Aft Mission Payload Deck: | 55 sq m 20 ton capacity 1.745 mt integrated stores crane |
