The TSUNAMI family of autonomous maritime surface vessels is designed to meet the needs of the US Navy and allied forces for readily available, multi-mission uncrewed assets that can operate across the fleet. Built on Brunswick Corporation vessels and integrated with Textron Systems’ CUSV vessel-based autonomy control system, the range offers multiple variants in size, speed and range while leveraging mature commercial technologies for rapid scaling.
“The TSUNAMI craft provide the Navy with a rapidly deployable, fully autonomous solution to support their missions,” said Senior Vice President, Air, Land and Sea Systems David Phillips. “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 sale follows a recent order for a 24-ft vessel by the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division and reflects Textron Systems’ wider autonomous portfolio. The company said the TSUNAMI family combines more than 40 years of multi-domain autonomous vehicle experience with the manufacturing capacity and design maturity of the US commercial shipbuilding industry.
