U.S Navy To Receive TSUNAMI Autonomous USVs With Advanced AI Control System

Rhode-Island Based company, Textron Systems Corporation, is going to deliver several TSUNAMI Uncrewed Surface Vessels (USVs) to the U.S. Navy.

The U.S Navy wanted small, low-cost and easily deployable USVs across its naval fleet for a variety of missions, and Textron bagged the opportunity to provide an effective solution to meet those requirements.

The USVs will be sent to the Fleet Experimentation (FLEX) exercise in Key West, an annual U.S. 4th Fleet event focused on testing and integrating advanced unmanned systems and artificial intelligence (AI) with traditional manned naval platforms.

Textron has stated that it will offer long-dwell TSUNAMI interceptor USVs and Field Service Representatives (FSRs) to the FLEX exercise, demonstrating cooperative intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and targeting (ISR-T) with its Aerosonde 4.7 VTOL UAS off a Littoral Combat Ship (LCS).

The autonomous vessels will feature an advanced autonomy control system.

“The TSUNAMI family of vehicles leverage Textron Systems’ decades of expertise in autonomous systems innovation, coupled with the speed and scalability of Brunswick Corporation’s established and globally sustainable production line of vessels,” said Ryan Schaffernocker, Senior Vice President, Air, Land and Sea Systems.

The company also said that these vessels will meet the defence requirements of the U.S. and its allies, thanks to its multi-domain advanced autonomy integration experience, with the capacity and maturity of the U.S. commercial shipbuilding industry allowing the firm to mass produce the ships.

This contract highlights America’s growing interest in autonomous systems to maintain a strategic edge in naval warfare.

Additionally, the collaboration between the DIU and private defence firms reflects a wider effort to accelerate innovation and bring unique solutions to operational readiness faster.