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Saildrone Announces New USV Class Aimed at Anti-Submarine Warfare
- On Monday, Fincantieri announced its U.S. subsidiary, Fincantieri Marine Group, will build the Spectre, a new high-speed, multi-mission unmanned surface vessel developed by California-based Saildrone.
- Saildrone Founder and CEO Richard Jenkins said the Spectre is a "good fit for the Navy's new medium USV requirement," which replaces the canceled Modular Attack Surface Craft program.
- Fincantieri will build the 170-foot-long vessels at its Green Bay, Wisconsin, shipyard, which can produce five USVs annually at roughly $40 million per unit, Jenkins said.
- Optimized for anti-submarine warfare, the Spectre features a concealed payload deck carrying more than 70 metric tonnes, aligning with Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Daryl Caudle's "containerized capability campaign."
- Sea trials for the first vessel are expected in early 2027, as Pierroberto Folgiero, Managing Director of Fincantieri, said the "Spectre represents another step towards Fincantieri's transformation" into a system-level integrator.
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Saildrone unveils large unmanned warship concept
Saildrone has revealed a new high-speed unmanned surface vessel (USV) design intended for naval operations, including anti-submarine warfare, intelligence gathering and strike missions, the company stated. The new platform, named Spectre, represents a larger and more capable evolution of the company’s existing USV family, following two years of development drawing on more than a decade of operational experience. At 52 metres in length and displa…
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