Textron Systems has secured the sale of the 21-foot TSUNAMI autonomous maritime surface vessel to Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific, where it will support testing activities for the Maritime Digital Experimentation Federation.
This acquisition facilitates an Australia, United Kingdom, and United States (AUKUS) testing initiative designed to distribute and evaluate interoperability standards for uncrewed vehicles. The order comprises the craft itself alongside dedicated engineering and training support. This follows a previous sale of a 24-foot variant of the same vessel family to the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division.
The TSUNAMI portfolio utilizes reliable, high-performance vessels from the Brunswick Corporation, integrated with the Textron Systems CUSV vessel-based autonomy control system. These autonomous surface vessels are designed to provide the U.S. Navy and its allies with versatile, multi-mission assets that can team effectively across a fleet. By leveraging mature commercial technologies, the system is intended to deliver increased capacity and immediate scale to maritime operations.
Senior Vice President, Air, Land and Sea Systems David Phillips, commented, “The TSUNAMI craft provide the Navy with a rapidly deployable, fully autonomous solution to support their missions. Our expertise in designing and fielding trusted autonomous solutions results in a family of small, Uncrewed Surface Vehicles (sUSVs) that are scalable, modular in design and globally sustainable, allowing for maximum mission flexibility in an attritable system.”
The TSUNAMI family of products includes several variants that differ in size, speed, and range to meet diverse mission requirements. The design pairs this technical experience with the manufacturing and design capabilities of the U.S. commercial shipbuilding industry to create a low-cost, rapidly deployable solution for modern naval needs.
