The AIRCAT Bobcat has been purpose-built to serve the needs of modern littoral warfare, featuring an ultra-high-speed 57 foot-long catamaran design that enables it to operate in as little as 1.6 feet of water and offload and self-recover without infrastructure. It has been built to align with the needs of U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps Distributed Maritime Operations (DMO) and Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations (EABO), as well as those of the U.S. Coast Guard.
The optionally-crewed platform can carry up to 36 combat troops or 10 tons of cargo across denied coastlines, riverine systems, and archipelagic chokepoints. The open, roll-on/roll-off deck features forward and aft ramps for rapid turnarounds, and can be equipped with autonomous mission pods, remote weapon stations, missiles, EO/IR and radar sensors, counter-UAS systems and more.
Specifications:
| Dimensions: | Length 17.5 m (57 ft) Beam 6.7 m (21.9 ft) Draft 0.5 m (1.6 ft) On Cushion / 1.4 m (4.5 ft) Off Cushion Height Overall 5 m (16.4 ft) |
| Displacement: | 38 mt (37.39 lt) |
| Main Engines: | 2 x MTU 10V200 M72 / 1205 BHP |
| Max Continuous Power (ISO Conditions): | 2 x 900 kW |
| Speed: | Max ~50 kts loadout dependent Cruise 38 kts |
| Range: | 350 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: | Unmanned-capable Capable of accommodating 3-4 crew, plus up to 36 personnel (max load) or 6 personnel and 2 MTRZ A4 ATVs In medevac/ ambulatory service, capable of accommodating 3-4 crew, plus 6 medics (with their equipment) and 16 stretchers Can also launch and recover unmanned assets including UAS, USV, UUV and UGV |
| Aft Mission Payload Deck: | 40 sq m 10 ton capacity |
