Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. company, has been awarded a contract from the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) to produce and deliver multiple TSUNAMI® Uncrewed Surface Vessels (USVs) in support of the US Navy’s Fleet Experimentation (FLEX) exercise in Key West, Florida. The vessels will support three months of joint operations with the US Navy Fourth Fleet and the US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM).

The TSUNAMI USVs will be used to demonstrate long-endurance autonomous maritime operations, including cooperative intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and targeting (ISR-T) alongside Textron’s Aerosonde® 4.7 VTOL unmanned aerial system deployed from a Littoral Combat Ship. The exercise will also integrate manned-unmanned operations with additional systems such as Invariant Corporation’s STAKE platform.

Built on Textron Systems’ CUSV® autonomy technology and leveraging commercially produced hulls from Brunswick Corporation, the TSUNAMI family is designed for scalable, multi-mission naval use with flexible operating models to reduce cost and increase deployability. The program supports both contractor-operated and government-owned approaches, enabling rapid fielding for the U.S. Navy and allied forces.