New Maritime Defense Company Introduces Non-ITAR Naval & Coast Guard Vessels

Newly launched company Eureka Naval Craft has unveiled a suite of non-ITAR naval and coast guard vessels, designed to enhance operational capabilities and versatility in maritime defense By William Mackenzie / 18 Oct 2024

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U.S.-based maritime and defense innovation company Eureka Naval Craft has officially launched, introducing a suite of non-ITAR, next-generation naval defense and coast guard vessels. 

Eureka’s vessels are designed with ESNA Naval Architect’s advanced Surface Effect Ship (SES) technology to deliver high-speed, multi-role capabilities that leverage proven innovations from the offshore energy sector.

Eureka’s vessels are specifically engineered for critical missions, including patrol, interdiction, reconnaissance, and attack, providing agile defense of vital infrastructure and naval bases across diverse environments. 

Outfitted with cutting-edge modular systems in collaboration with leading defense solution OEMs, Eureka’s vessels ensure comprehensive protection against threats from the surface, air, and underwater, demonstrating operational resilience in contested waters. 

Eureka’s versatile suite of vessels excel in diverse mission profiles, from sea denial to logistics and medical evacuation, ensuring mission success in even the most demanding high-threat environments. 

These vessels are capable of operating from amphibious landing ship well decks and conducting beach landings with self-recovery. Additionally, they can be converted to remote unmanned operations, enhancing their flexibility and utility in modern naval operations.

AIRCAT Bengal

Patrol/Interdiction/Reconnaissance/Attack/Air Defense/Logistics/Medivac
The AIRCAT Bengal is a 36 m LOA vessel designed for various operations. It has a range of 1,000 nautical miles at a cruising speed of 38 knots, with a maximum speed of 46-50 knots, depending on load. The crew consists of 5 to 7 members, and the vessel can accommodate 15 to 17 additional personnel, depending on the mission. 

Equipped with defense systems, the vessel is armed for contested littoral operations, addressing threats from pervasive drones and anti-ship missiles. Optional primary armament includes three 30 mm remote weapon stations, each with individual radar coverage paired with a 360-degree 4D hemispheric radar and full-spectrum optronics, along with onboard anti-tank guided missiles (ATGMs), drones, and various remote and manual machine guns. 

Additionally, it has space on the aft deck for two 20 ft ISO mission/weapon payload containers capable of carrying swarming loitering munition drones, anti-ship missiles, air defense systems, torpedoes, sea mines, and/or mine countermeasure systems.

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AIRCAT Lynx

Coast Guard/Border Patrol/Fisheries Patrol
The AIRCAT Lynx is a 36 m LOA vessel designed for multiple missions. It has a range of 1,000 nautical miles at a cruising speed of 38 knots and can achieve a maximum speed of 46 knots. The crew comprises 4 to 7 members, depending on the mission, and the vessel can accommodate 15 to 17 personnel, or up to 34 persons in the case of casualty rescue. 

This vessel is equipped for various operations, including search and rescue, medivac, vessel traffic monitoring, pollution response, maritime law enforcement, counter-piracy, counter-terrorism, and the suppression of illegal activities such as unreported and unregulated fishing and human, narcotics, and weapons trafficking. 

Optional primary armament includes 30 mm and 12.7 mm remote weapon stations with a 360-degree 4D hemispheric radar and full-spectrum optronics, an ISR drone, and various manual machine guns. The vessel has space on the aft deck for two 20 ft ISO mission/payload containers capable of carrying drones, rigid-hulled inflatable boats (RHIBs), pollution response equipment, and survey or scientific packages.

AIRCAT Jaguar

Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel Improved (LCVP(I))
The AIRCAT Jaguar is a 17.5 m LOA vessel with a range of 350 nautical miles at a cruising speed of 38 knots, achieving a maximum speed of 48-50 knots. This landing craft is low observable in form and can carry three crew members plus 24 marines or two MTZR ATVs with their crews. 

The vessel is optionally equipped with active defense countermeasures and armed with a 12.7 mm remote weapon station for contested littoral operations addressing pervasive drone and anti-ship missile threats.

AIRCAT Panther

Autonomous Surface Vessel (ASV)
The AIRCAT Panther is a 17.5 m LOA vessel with onboard space for a 20 ft ISO mission/weapon payload container, contained within a low observable form. It has a range of 350 nautical miles at a cruising speed of 38 knots, reaching a maximum speed of 50 knots. 

This ASV is intended to conduct logistics and/or distributed attack and defense operations and could be configured to carry four anti-ship missiles for attack, mobile distributed point air defense systems, and/or a high-volume containerized swarming loitering munitions package.

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