GFX prototype and five passenger prototype outdoors

Military and Homeland Security Applications

SEAL Insertion / Harbor Patrol: the number one long-term concern of the US Navy SEAL operative during small boat insertion operations is the accumulative effect of the constant pounding on his body. The average SEAL will complete his career one inch shorter than his enlistment height, due solely to the endless wave impact loads on his spine. Many admirable approaches have been made to mitigate shock loads to small boat combatants at the seat base, but the more logical approach would be to intercept the problem at its source: the sea-surface interaction zone. The SeaPhantom does this.

The SeaPhantom rises to cruise above average wave crests; furthermore it is a boat with a suspension system - a very serious suspension system: comprising non-corrosive fiberglass leaf springs and billet-aluminum airbags - tested to 60,000 pounds - for dampening the effects of errant wave impacts.

Servicemen assigned to patrol will be in far better shape to perform their duties when not beaten into the ground during hours of small boat operations...

Future Force Multiplier Example: SeaPhantom scaled up - (2 boats): 90' loa x 34' loa, 150 knot cruise, armed w/ ship-to-ship, surface-to-surface, surface-to-air systems, and six, internally deployable, 85-knot similarly armed drone craft each (twelve drones, two mothers total). The acquisition cost would be similar to that of a Blackhawk helicopter but yields a force multiplier factor of 30+. A Blackhawk goes home after 2 hours, out of fuel, whereas the indefinite loiter capability of our system puts the SeaPhantoms on station for eight to twelve hours or more and unmanned drones indefinitely. Effectively neutralizing a carrier battle group, or major national harbor for the price of a Blackhawk.

Assuming AWACS or JSTARS battle-theater control, with satellite downlink, then a cruise missile attack on the SeaPhantom system will fail: the SeaPhantom simply vectors away at 150 knots from sub-sonic missiles. Air-to-surface, ship-to-ship attacks fail against the SeaPhantom as well, as its inherently low radar signature foils targeting systems. You cannot kill what you cannot target. Very high speed and extreme maneuverability due to the craft's bank turn system foil manually targeted attempts. Ultra-high survival probabilities are apparent.

Our proprietary technology is available for rapid exploitation and deployment. All our sub-systems are well proven highly tested concepts, designed to produce a low-risk/high-yield development program.

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