Maritime Irregular Warfare/Stiletto
Abstract
As a complement to the Stiletto dedicated maritime demonstration vessel, the Maritime Irregular Warfare portfolio investigates and develops irregular warfare capability gaps in the maritime domain. Recent projects conducted by RRTO have highlighted a significant gap in maritime capability against non-traditional challenges, which this portfolio addresses. Stiletto is a maritime demonstration platform designed to assist in the rapid transition of technologies applicable across the range of military operations to higher Technology Readiness Levels. The 88-foot long boat is an experimental, all carbon fiber craft originally built to explore the scalability of non-mechanical dynamic lift, composite carbon fiber construction, and high-speed performance for military operations. The craft was purposefully designed to rapidly acquire, deploy, and employ new capabilities to explore the military utility of emerging technologies and concepts of operation for special and expeditionary forces. Both the craft and its systems were designed to be flexible, modular, and re-configurable to enable near “plug-and-play” installation of C4I equipment used as part of experimentation. 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 experimental process and helps facilitate the rapid demonstration, exploration, and risk reduction of emerging technologies and capabilities. The craft’s simple application process for experimentation is intended to provide low cost access for industry, government and academic organizations to install and prove their systems in a realistic maritime environment. The demonstration process also encourages system developers to engage directly with the warfighter in the maritime environment to rapidly adapt technologies around warfighter needs. The Stiletto vessel is homeported in Norfolk, Virginia.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2013
- Source ID
- 04edb1be1583007ee20c14dcf6d6bb56