Product profile
Vanta USV Family
Vanta is STARK’s autonomous surface-vessel family, introduced as Vanta-4 and Vanta-6 after REP(MUS)/NATO Dynamic Messenger trials in Portugal. The USVs are...
Facts
- Company
- STARK
- Product type
- usv
- Status
- active
- Website
- https://stark-defence.com/
About Vanta USV Family
Vanta is a family of four- and six-metre autonomous surface vessels for patrol, maritime intelligence and modular mission payloads. Electro-optical and infrared cameras, search radar and electronic-warfare equipment support harbour control, contact investigation and persistent surveillance.
The vessels provide ranges reaching 900 nautical miles and are designed for group operation through STARK’s Minerva software. Vanta systems completed repeated day and night missions during NATO REPMUS and Dynamic Messenger exercises in Portugal. STARK is developing the family for fleet-scale European maritime deployment.
Market context
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Summary
Type: Autonomous surface vessel
Core: Maritime autonomy
Function: ISR / patrol
Audience: Navies
Specifications
- length
- 4 m and 6 m variants
- mission_profile
- Harbour control, over-the-horizon contact investigation, nighttime ISR patrols, escort and strike-support missions
- payload_options
- Platform for modular electronic warfare systems
- range
- up to 1,667 km km
- sea_state
- Designed for reliable operation in harsh conditions with durable materials
- sensors
- Electro-optic and infrared cameras plus search radar
- software
- Integrated with Minerva AI command-and-control software
- variants
- Vanta-4 and Vanta-6
Operations
- Environment
- maritime, harsh_conditions
- Primary user
- naval_operator, military_operator
- Role
- maritime_isr, patrol, strike_support
- Mobility class
- surface_vessel
- Product detail
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Research, Articles and recent verified events
- STARK raises EUR 500M at about EUR 3.5B valuation — 2026-06-23
- STARK demonstrates Virtus and Minerva drone-swarm integration in Bundeswehr exercise — 2026-04-29
- STARK and INLEAP Photonics partner on laser-based C-UAS — 2026-04-23
- STARK and Six Robotics partner on recce-strike capability — 2026-03-12
- STARK to deliver Virtus loitering munition system to the Bundeswehr — 2026-02-26
- STARK opens Ukraine R&D hub and Greece office — 2026-02-13
- STARK wins first major international contract with a NATO member — 2026-02-04
- STARK expands to the Nordics with Stockholm presence — 2026-01-28