presented the Vanta 24, an uncrewed surface vessel about 24 metres long, designed to work alone or with crewed warships. It is intended mainly for the Baltic Sea and could also operate in the North Sea and North Atlantic.
Planned payloads include anti-ship missiles and 's Cascade loitering munition. Its Minerva software handles navigation, collision avoidance and mission tasking, including when satellite navigation is disrupted. The Vanta 24 joins the smaller Vanta 6 and Vanta 12, and is working with the German shipyard FSG on production.
's own release says it will be fitted for anti-ship missiles, a 30 mm gun and long-range radar, and can top 35 knots (over 40 mph) with no crew. Bloomberg reports that plans to launch the vessel next year, that the company says it can carry up to 50 tonnes, and that its CEO said it is meant to guard undersea cables and track Russia's shadow fleet. These are company statements about a planned system. No customer, order or test results are reported.
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A presentation of a design; no customer, order or sea-test results are reported.