Maritime Irregular Warfare/Stiletto
Abstract
The Maritime Irregular Warfare portfolio investigates gaps and develops irregular warfare capabilities in the maritime domain, with a particular focus on prototype concepts and systems. Projects explore the development of counter evolved non-state capabilities such as semi- and fully-submersible vehicles, 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 assessment of prototypes and the rapid transition of emerging technologies across the range of military operations to higher Technology Readiness Levels. Stiletto, an 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. 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, 2015
- Source ID
- b63ca29234c803997973ff9aeb360f7b