Formation // 5 × S3 USV
Above and Beyond.
Engineered for persistent maritime surveillance missions, Swiftships’ unmanned capabilities deliver enhanced operational awareness with reduced personnel exposure in high-risk environments. Designed for efficiency and rapid deployment, these platforms provide reliable, high-performance coverage at a lower operational cost.
SA-1 · Swift Autonomy
Autonomous Maritime Intelligence
An integrated system enabling vessels to perceive, decide, and act in real time across complex mission environments.
Designed in-house.Built to last.Sustained for life.
01 / 03 · EngineeringDesigned in-house.
120+ proprietary designs
Military and commercial vessel designs owned and engineered by Swiftships.
Proven hulls, adapted
Proven hulls modified to client specifications, or militarized from commercial platforms.
Integrated systems
Physical, electrical and data interfaces between payloads and the platform.
Autonomy-ready
Platforms built for unmanned, semi-manned or remote-controlled operation.
01 // Global reach
Trusted by navies in 53 nations
Navies and maritime customers from 53 countries, from coastal patrol to autonomous transits. Click and drag to explore featured programs.
02 // The fleet
Proven hulls, every mission
Proven hulls, modified to client specifications, militarized from commercial platforms, or converted for unmanned, semi-manned and remote-controlled operation.
01 / 03 · Unmanned Surface Vehicle
Sea Stalker
A 6 meter unmanned surface vehicle built for high endurance, survivability and mission flexibility. Cyber hardened, ready at scale.
01 · Seaframe
A 6 m aluminum hull with a self-scuttling design, built to survive contested water.
02 · Payload
A modular mission bay carries up to 1,250 lbs of plug-and-play sensors and effectors.
03 · Deployment
Boat and trailer fit one 20 ft container, shipped as a kit or fully assembled.
Key figures
- Speed
- 45+ KN
- Range
- 1,000+ NM
- Payload
- 1,250 LBS
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Scalable High-Volume Production
Modular design and robotic welding enabling swift production to meet surge requirements.
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Multi-Mission Systems
Integrated multi-spectral ISR, modular mission payloads with missiles, loitering munitions and EW package.
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Technology Readiness Level: TRL 9
USN-proven technology with successful performance during exercises with allied nations.
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Optimized Hull
Reduced drag, improved stability, and high hull strength.
02 / 03 · Unmanned // High-performance hunter-killer
Sea Stalker HP
The S3’s hunter-killer sibling: waterjet propulsion, a gyro-stabilized hull and the same modular open architecture, built for fast ingress and egress.
01 · Mission
A hunter-killer built on the S3: the same open architecture and plug-and-play C2, tuned for agility and speed.
02 · Agility
Gasoline waterjet propulsion and a Seakeeper 1 gyro-stabilizer: fast, flat and steady at 35+ knots.
03 · Armament
A 7.62 mm Dillon mini gun and twin-tube Mk 46 lightweight torpedoes, with up to 600 lb of variable armament.
Key figures
- Speed
- 35+ KN
- Range
- 500 NM
- Endurance @ 5 kn
- 4 DAYS
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35+ knots
Waterjet propulsion on an Indmar 310 hp gasoline engine, for agile ingress and egress.
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500 NM range
Four days on station at 5 knots from 146 gallons of fuel.
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Gyro-stabilized
A Seakeeper 1 keeps sensors and weapons steady; operates and survives in sea state 2–3.
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S3 DNA
Modular open architecture, plug-and-play C2 and autonomy up to Level 5, delivered as a kit or fully assembled.
6M Swift Sea Stalker – HP
Speed is the mission
03 / 03 · Unmanned // Extended-hull variant
Sea Stalker XL
The S3’s modular architecture stretched to a 7.7 m hull: more deck, more payload reserve, the same autonomy and command and control.
01 · Platform
The Sea Stalker hull form stretched to 7.7 m: more deck, more reserve, the same unsinkable 5086 aluminum construction.
02 · Maturity
The S3’s open architecture, plug-and-play C2 and Level 5 autonomy carry over unchanged.
03 · Reserve
Spare weight and space, so each client tailors sensors, communications and unmanned systems to their theater.
Key figures
- Length
- 7.7 M
- Payload bay
- Modular
- Autonomy
- Level 5
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Extended hull
7.7 m on the Sea Stalker hull form, for longer missions and heavier mission kits.
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Modular payload bay
Plug-and-play mission modules: ISR, EW, loitering munitions or logistics.
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Same C2, same autonomy
STANAG 4586 and JAUS compliant, COLREG-aware navigation, man in the loop up to Level 5.
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Kit or assembled
Robotic production at 15–20 craft a month; delivered as a kit or fully assembled.
7.7M Sea Stalker – Extended Hull
More hull, same DNA
03 // Company
Leading with passion to break the impossible
For over 80 years Swiftships has designed, built and sustained military and commercial vessels, from the first aluminum shallow-water hulls to today’s autonomous platforms.
Executive management
Leadership
Michael Poel
President / CEO
Omer Saeed
Chief Financial Officer
Edmundo Apodaca
Vice President, Compliance
Jeffery Cavanaugh
Vice President, Client Services
Kenneth Blount
EVP, Business Development & Strategy
Careers
Get onboard.Sail towards success.
Our success is founded on talented employees leveraging their knowledge, skills and innovative ideas to shape the future of technology. We offer positions for experienced naval engineers, skilled craftsmen, dedicated program managers and shipbuilding experts.
View open positions04 // Services
Full lifecycle. One partner.
Fully integrated maritime solutions for every stage of a vessel’s lifecycle, from design, engineering and construction to modernization, sustainment and autonomous capability integration.
Shipbuilding has been our core business since 1942: over 1000 vessels built and over 100 proprietary military and commercial designs.
Our mission is to keep our clients’ vessels operational at all times, at the minimum cost.
Specialized services, custom designed to support each client’s specific requirements.
05 // Media
Recent awards and updates
Stay informed with the latest news, updates and industry recognition from Swiftships.
Swiftships and Pakistan Navy Achieve Historic Milestone with Launch of First 38m Gun Boat
The Pakistan Navy’s first of class 38-meter Gun Boat was launched at Karachi Shipyard and Engineering Works, a historic milestone for Swiftships and its partners.
- Autonomy
US Dept. of Defense Selects the Swift-Sea-Stalker (S3) Small Unmanned Surface Vehicle
- Co-production
US Government Approves Funding for Egyptian Navy Patrol Craft Kits
- Sustainment
LCU 2017 Mission-ready After Successful SLEP Program
- Co-production
Ten Additional 28M Patrol Craft for Egypt under 2022 DCS Contract
