Facts

• Company: Havoc
• Product type: Usv
• Status: commercial
• Website: https://havocai.com/maritime-systems

Profile sections

• Summary
• Overview
• Market context
• Audience
• Workflow
• Capability
• Deployment environment
• Positioning tags
• Specifications
• Tags
• Record / Articles
• Comparable Systems
• Sources

Summary

Kaikoa is Havoc autonomous maritime platform for unmanned surface operations. It is designed for defense and security missions that need persistent sensing, payload carriage and remote or autonomous operation across coastal and open-water environments.

Overview

Kaikoa is Havoc autonomous maritime platform for unmanned surface operations. It is designed for defense and security missions that need persistent sensing, payload carriage and remote or autonomous operation across coastal and open-water environments.

Market context

Kaikoa is a Havoc autonomous surface vessel positioned between small attritable craft and larger medium USVs.

• Target environment: Coastal waters, naval test ranges, harbor security zones and maritime operations where autonomous vessels can support fleet activity.
• Workflow context: Autonomous surface operations, fleet support, payload carriage, patrol, distributed maritime sensing and multi-vessel mission roles.
• Customer context: Defense, government and maritime operators evaluating uncrewed surface vessels for distributed operations.
• Deployment model: Commercial defense-maritime platform in Havoc's ASV lineup, positioned above smaller attritable vessels.
• Commercial maturity: Commercially presented product family with public maritime-system positioning.
• Adoption constraints: Adoption depends on autonomy reliability, sea-state performance, payload integration, rules of engagement, procurement and support.
• Market position: Mid-size ASV lane connecting small attritable craft to heavier uncrewed maritime platforms.
• Adjacent products: Rampage, Saronic Corsair, Blue Water Autonomy vessels, Saildrone Surveyor

Audience

Defense

Workflow

Autonomous surface operations, fleet support, payload carriage, patrol, distributed maritime sensing and multi-vessel mission roles.

Capability

Remote operation

Deployment environment

Coastal waters, naval test ranges, harbor security zones and maritime operations where autonomous vessels can support fleet activity.

Positioning tags

• Audience: Defense
• Workflow: Autonomous surface operations, fleet support, payload carriage, patrol, distributed maritime sensing and multi-vessel mission roles.
• Capability: Remote operation
• Deployment environment: Coastal waters, naval test ranges, harbor security zones and maritime operations where autonomous vessels can support fleet activity.

Specifications

• Range: 225 nm
• Length: 12.8 m / 42 ft
• Cruise Speed: 10.29 m/s
• Max Speed: 19.03 m/s
• Cargo Capacity Kg: 1651.08 kg
• Form Type: Fleet-support autonomous surface vessel
• Commercial Status: Productized maritime system
• Headline Hull Length Ft: 12.8 m / 42 ft
• Headline Top Speed Kt: 20.58 m/s
• Kaikoa 20 Range At Max Speed Nm: 150 nm
• Kaikoa 20 Fuel Capacity Gal: 98 gal
• Payload Capacity Kg: 317.51 kg
• Full Load Displacement Kg: 2041.17 kg
• Lightship Displacement Kg: 1315.42 kg

Tags

• Peer Group: Maritime USV
• Workflow: Maritime domain awareness
• Capability: Remote operation
• Deployment Environment: Defence operational environment
• Stack Layer: Finished robot platform
• Commercial Stage: Commercial product

Record / Articles

• 2026-05-12 - Article - Havoc is turning autonomous vessels into an all-domain command layer

Comparable Systems

• Mirage - Saronic - Usv
• Quickfish - Seasats - Usv
• Corsair - Saronic - Usv