PacMar Technologies, Honolulu, has completed at-sea testing requirements for the U.S. Navy’s Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel (MUSV) Marketplace with its 100' unmanned vessel Atlas.
Powered by Havoc’s collaborative autonomy software, Atlas completed 157 test cases during a 22-day Pacific test campaign. PacMar said the vessel passed every scored run with no command-and-control or autonomy failures.
PacMar was one of seven companies selected to participate in the program’s at-sea testing phase. Participants were required to demonstrate autonomous interactions with other vessels during day and night operations, including standard and nonstandard encounter scenarios. Testing concluded with a long-endurance demonstration requiring sustained autonomous vessel control without human intervention in onboard systems.
Formal testing covered more than 116 hours and 1,450 nautical miles. Including operational transits, Atlas operated for more than 135 hours and traveled over 1,800 nautical miles, according to PacMar. Operations took place primarily in Sea State 3, with multiple periods approaching or entering Sea State 4.
PacMar conducted the testing in the open Pacific, supporting multiple vessels around the clock with a team of mission operators, engineers, technicians and mariners.
Under the Navy’s Phase 1 MUSV program, companies that successfully completed at-sea testing received a $15 million payment and qualified for the Maritime Marketplace, making them eligible for follow-on production opportunities, PacMar said.
“Atlas was tested where PacMar works every day—in the open Pacific, over long distances, and in real operating conditions,” said Michael Buelsing, president of PacMar Technologies. “We’re proud of what our team and our partners at Havoc accomplished, and we look forward to continuing to demonstrate what this platform can deliver for the U.S. Navy.”
