Swiftships has pioneered in multiple disciplines, helping the US Navy to expedite the development, testing, and deployment of Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USVs) into its fleet. It began investing in testing autonomous platforms before 2005, and its name became central to conversations around autonomous vessels following the US Navy’s 2018 selection of the Swiftships’ Riley Claire – a 175-feet Fast Supply Vessel (FSV) – for transformation into a Large Unmanned Surface Vessel (LUSV), named “Nomad”. Nomad became the first unmanned vessel of its kind added to Unmanned Surface Vessel Division One (USVDIV-1) and has undergone thorough testing during autonomous missions.

Swiftships designs and constructs small to large autonomous vessels and offers commercial platform conversion to militarized unmanned/minimally manned vessels. It has developed many variants of its Fast Supply Vessels (FSVs), not only for fully autonomous operations but also for minimally manned or remote-controlled operations of the craft. Swiftships offers its clients turnkey solutions, including the development of custom-tailored conventional or autonomous platforms, with full vessel lifecycle sustainment, and Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO) services, which will help navies modernize their fleets while reducing costs.