Defence
Anti-Submarine Warfare
Electronic Warfare
Mine Counter Measures
Gateway Communications
Persistent USVs are seen by Defence as strategic force multipliers
Bluebottles have more power, payload and performance making them the superior persistent USV for defence
Anti-Submarine Warfare
- Silent
- “Reel in keel“ winch
- 50W average / kW bursts
- Active & passive arrays
- Depth via speed & winch
- Speed to resolve L-R ambiguity
- Network & collaborate with other Bluebottles & other assets
Electronic Warfare
- 6m mast above sea level
- Communications and Radar
- Combine with other sensors
- Electronic Support Measures (ESM) platform
Gateway Communications
- 6m mast above sea level
- Combine with other sensors
- Cross-domain communications and data exchange system
Multiple sensors
- More power, payload and performance
- Network with other Bluebottles and assets
- Allows multiple sensors on the same platform
Mine Counter Measures
- Manage fleets of underwater assets
- Intelligent path planning and manoeuvring systems
- Remain safely in proximity while exchanging high-volume data
Other
- Intrinsic low-observability
- 2 per 20' shipping container
- 5-6 m aft communications mast
- Silent when not communicating
- LARS from boat ramp or jetty/deck crane