Product profile
Sea Archer
Sea Archer is Leidos' small high-speed autonomous surface vessel combining long range, enclosed payload capacity and LAVA autonomy in a transportable missi...
Facts
- Company
- Leidos
- Product type
- usv
- Status
- development
- Primary capability
- maritime_isr
- Website
- https://www.leidos.com/markets/maritime
About Sea Archer
Sea Archer is Leidos' small high-speed autonomous surface vessel combining long range, enclosed payload capacity and LAVA autonomy in a transportable mission platform.
Market context
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Summary
Type: Small long-range autonomous surface vessel
Core: 40-knot 1500-mile USV
Function: Delivers high-speed autonomous maritime missions with large enclosed payload capacity
Audience: Naval, security and government maritime operators
Specifications
- autonomy
- Leidos Autonomous Vessel Architecture (LAVA)
- enclosed_payload_kg
- At least 907.2 kg enclosed payload kg
- length
- 37 ft
- maximum_speed
- 40 kn
- propulsion
- Twin diesel outboards
- range
- 1500 mi
Operations
- Environment
- coastal_water, offshore, defense_mission
- Primary user
- naval_operators, maritime_security_operators, government_maritime_operators
- Role
- maritime_isr, maritime_patrol, payload_transport, autonomous_navigation, fleet_operations
- Interaction model
- autonomous_mission_execution, remote_supervision, fleet_operations
- Mobility class
- uncrewed_surface_vessel, high_speed_surface_vehicle
- Product detail
- https://zlsbkmaixmmnjrgpkcyp.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/robotics_assets/products/korthos-product-candidates-2026-08-20-batch-16/leidos-sea-archer-official-16x9.jpg, high_speed_uncrewed_surface_vessel, small_long_range_autonomous_surface_vessel, 1600, 900, ad4b8a28f831e660e8808fd536b4f0de35f88d19a0ff64aa8dfc57b7d5771857, reviewed_16x9_official_media, Uncrewed Surface Vessel, robotics_assets, https://www.leidos.com/sites/leidos/files/styles/share_image_insight/public/insight-overview/...