Lightfish Context

Market context

Lightfish is Seasats long-endurance autonomous surface vessel for persistent maritime missions including intelligence, survey and security patrol.

Target environment: Coastal and open-ocean maritime environments.
Workflow context: Persistent maritime surveillance, intelligence collection, survey and security patrol using autonomous surface vessels.
Customer context: Defence customers and maritime security operators needing persistent USV capability.
Deployment model: Commercial autonomous surface vessel with defence and security applications.
Commercial maturity: Commercially available USV with defence and maritime security adoption.
Adoption constraints: Limited to surface operation. Speed and endurance depend on sea conditions.
Market position: A portable modular USV for persistent maritime missions including intelligence, survey and security patrol.
Adjacent products: Quickfish, Heavyfish, maritime USVs

Mission operators

Persistent maritime surveillance, intelligence collection, survey and security patrol using autonomous surface vessels.

Coastal and open-ocean maritime environments.

Payload capacity: 29.94 kg
Deployment: 1–2 person manual deployment
Max Range No Solar: 575+ NM
Sea State: sea state 6
Top Speed Mps: 2.57 m/s
Endurance Months: Up to 6 months
Weight: 138.35 kg
Draft M: 0.79 m
Solar Capacity W: 415 W nominal
Battery Capacity Kwh: 4 kWh
Standard Sensors: 5 HD cameras; GNSS/GPS; IMU; compass; 2D LiDAR; AIS send/receive
Operating Sea State: Fully self-righting; operational to Beaufort 6+
Width M: 1 m
Length M: 3.5 m
Payload Connections: Four ports supporting RS232, RS485 and Ethernet
Max Speed: 5 knots
Max Endurance: 6 months
Max Range: 8000 nautical miles