MARIN carried out the primary on-water checks of an Uncrewed Floor Vessel (USV) prototype in The Netherlands again in December 2025. The protection venture, developed with innovation middle MIND, focuses on the fast growth, deployment and iterative enchancment of uncrewed floor vessels (USVs).
The experimental USV was created by means of collaboration between a number of firms. IMPACD Boats from Woudsend designed the 3D-printable vessel, whereas the Dutch Boat Manufacturing unit in Delft printed the hull in lower than every week. Closing outfitting occurred in Woudsend, with propulsion supplied by a Honda outboard engine linked to an UltraFlex management system for exterior operation.
The venture helps the Royal Netherlands Navy’s transition towards mixed crewed and uncrewed maritime operations. Labor market constraints forestall the Navy from increasing personnel numbers, driving growth of latest operational ideas that includes uncrewed vessels alongside conventional items. The SeaRush platform additionally allows testing of techniques that coordinate with drones and different autonomous platforms.
MARIN is creating built-in management techniques by means of the KNOWONE analysis program to handle a number of USVs working with crewed vessels. Software program functions have been examined in simulation environments with Protection personnel over the previous 12 months. The group is working with EagleScience to create software program structure that simplifies {hardware} and software program integration aboard experimental vessels.
The SeaRush and KNOWONE tasks will converge throughout the Maritime Uncrewed Sea Trials (MUST) 2026 train in June. Protection has requested MARIN display cooperative ideas at sea utilizing a number of experimental USVs primarily based on the SeaRush design.
Supply: marin.nl
