Swiftships was identified by the U.S. Department of Defense as a mission-critical contractor during the pandemic as it continues to produce USN Landing Craft Utility (LCU 1700) vessels, as well as Medium Unmanned Surface Vehicles (MUSVs): “Our future is incredibly bright and robust. Even though COVID-19 impacted businesses worldwide, we continued to grow our order book and backlog with new contracts that will yield $1 billion in orders,” said Swiftships’ CEO, Shehraze Shah.

Morgan City, Louisiana-based Swiftships is a globally respected original equipment manufacturer (OEM) for mission critical programs and products. Its capability encompasses the hull, electronics, weapons. and weapon system integration. It has also earned its stripes in the co-production and modernization of hulls into military craft globally.

“Our investment into cutting-edge technology and engineering solutions have led to us partnering with the Pentagon’s Science & Technology office for “War-Game” initiatives to enable the re-engineering and customization existing commercial technology utilizing a Fast Support Vessel (FSV) that was initially envisioned to serve the oil fields as an ABS classed commercial crew and support vessel,” declared company President and co-owner Jeffery Leleux.