Stiletto
Abstract
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. Stiletto’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 home-ported in Norfolk, Virginia.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2014
- Source ID
- 593a219fcf6d897d41d8eb37bc6b3bb4