Eight-meter tactical autonomous surface vessel for contested maritime patrol, interdiction, and modular defense payload missions.
STORMRUNNER is Sea Machines Robotics' 8-meter tactical autonomous surface vessel for contested maritime operations. The official product page describes it as a high-performance USV powered by the SM300-SP autonomy system, with robust autonomy, armored sensors, radar, EO/IR, dual anti-jam GNSS, edge processing, and fallback behaviors for GPS- or communications-denied conditions. Published specifications include an 8.0 m by 2.35 m HDPE hull, 700+ nautical mile range, 27 kn cruise speed, 40 kn maximum speed, Starlink, LTE, and Iridium communications, and a 1,000 lb / 450 kg modular payload bay sized around 2.5 m by 1.4 m. Sea Machines positions the platform for tactical patrol, interdiction, ISR, electronic warfare, logistics, and third-party mission-equipment payloads; April 2026 company material notes Leonardo DRS selected STORMRUNNER to demonstrate a maritime counter-UAS mission equipment package.
Official Sea Machines material lists an 8.0 m by 2.35 m HDPE hull, 700+ nmi range, 27 kn cruise speed, 40 kn maximum speed, Starlink/LTE/Iridium communications, deployment from a 40-foot ISO container or trailer, and operation through the SM300-SP autonomy system. The April 2026 Leonardo DRS selection identifies STORMRUNNER as an 8-meter offshore AUSV for maritime counter-UAS mission-equipment demonstration.
Sea Machines Robotics announced that Leonardo DRS has selected their new 8-meter offshore class of autonomous unmanned surface vessel (AUSV) developed for the defense market to demonstrate their maritime mission equipment package (M-MEP) f…