Maritime Irregular Warfare/Stiletto
Abstract
The Maritime Irregular Warfare portfolio investigates and develops irregular warfare capability gaps in the maritime domain. Projects explore the development of counter evolved non-state capabilities such as semi- and fully- submersible vehicles and swarms, countering unmanned swarms, maritime non-lethal weapons systems, and low cost littoral fire support, among other capabilities. This expanded effort to address maritime capability gaps builds on and leverages the Stiletto dedicated maritime demonstration vessel. Stiletto is a maritime demonstration platform designed to assist in the rapid transition of emerging technologies across the range of military operations to higher Technology Readiness Levels. The 88-foot long boat is an experimental, all carbon fiber craft that was purposefully designed to rapidly acquire, integrate, and employ new capabilities to explore the military utility of emerging technologies and concepts of operation for special and expeditionary forces. The Stiletto program, managed in partnership with the Naval Surface Warfare Center’s Combatant Craft Division and the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division’s Warfare Innovation Cell, streamlines the experimentation process and helps facilitate the rapid demonstration, exploration, and risk reduction of emerging technologies and capabilities.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2014
- Source ID
- 030bef0e305e8d74916b6877793e916a