The Operations Team At Oita after training in January this year. It is expected that full three craft services will go into operation during the spring.
It is good to see that Textron Systems now seem to be up to speed building and delivering the SSCs to US Navy. There are many more to go on this long-term project.
On the SES front we have news from Aircat of their vessels in Angola, and the associated company Eureka marketing new versions including an unmanned version.
It is interesting that Textron has also been looking at unmanned options for its SSC. Craft and vessels of such size are perhaps too big to be called ‘drones’ but the approach is the same – personnel back somewhere in an operations centre or on board an LSD ship offshore. Once this technology matures in the same way aerial drones have it will significantly change Naval and Marine Commando strategy.
Silverstream have also gained long term success with two shipowners using air lubrication.
At the Light Craft end of the scale, we have a report from the HCGB AGM that was held in early March.
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