Funding
Funding not disclosed
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Product
Problem
Current maritime security operations depend on manned vessels and legacy platforms that have limited endurance, speed, and autonomous threat detection capabilities, making missile defense, contested logistics, and personnel recovery costly and vulnerable.
Solution
Magnet Defense delivers AI‑enabled autonomous unmanned surface vessels (USVs) that can operate independently or as part of coordinated fleets to support national‑security missions. The flagship 48‑meter, 210‑ton platform cruises at 15 knots, bursts to 27 knots, and has a 17,000 nautical‑mile range while carrying a 100‑ton payload. Integrated AI algorithms provide real‑time detection, classification, and telemetry‑grade tracking of high‑speed maritime threats across multi‑domain environments. The vessels can serve as missile‑defense nodes, logistics carriers, or personnel‑recovery assets and can be teamed with manned ships or unmanned underwater vehicles for flexible force composition. An AI‑driven manufacturing pipeline enables rapid design, production, and scaling of additional USVs from concept through deployment. Collected sensor data is securely transmitted to command centers for situational awareness and decision support.
Target Audience
Primary customers are the U.S. Department of Defense, allied naval forces, and defense contractors responsible for maritime missile defense, contested logistics, and personnel‑recovery operations.
Features
- AI‑powered detection, classification, and telemetry‑grade tracking of high‑speed threats in maritime and multi‑domain contexts
- 48 m hull with 210 ton displacement, 15 kts cruise speed, 27 kts burst speed, and 17,000 NM operational range
- 100‑ton modular payload capacity supporting up to four 40‑foot ISO containers for mission‑specific equipment
- Integrated air and missile defense suite enabling autonomous engagement of inbound threats
- Capability to function as USV/UUV mothership and to operate in manned‑unmanned teaming configurations
- AI‑driven manufacturing platform that streamlines design, build, and scaling of autonomous vessels