Quickfish
About
About Quickfish
Quickfish is Seasats’ high-speed autonomous surface vessel, capable of exceeding 35 knots and cruising for more than 400 nautical miles. The trailer-launched platform is designed for rapid interception, identification and escort, complementing the smaller Lightfish's low-speed persistence.
Mission payloads can be exchanged within minutes, and the vessel can carry and launch Group 1 or Group 2 drones for aerial inspection or expanded sensing. Quickfish operates under Seasats’ common command environment, supports integration with external C2 systems and is designed for sea-state-six operation and resilience to navigation interference. It has moved beyond a concept into the company’s current platform range.
Capabilities
Source-backed capabilities
- Capability areas: Autonomous navigation
- Workflows: Autonomous Surface Vessel, Maritime domain awareness, Maritime USV
- Operating environments: Defence operational environment
- Target markets: Marine operators, offshore asset owners, navies, port users and inspection teams.
- Deployment model: Commercial or available product positioned for customer use, integration or developer adoption.
- Extended sea endurance
Demonstrated - 2026-03-17 - Completed an eight-day continuous sea trial. - environment: eight-day continuous sea trial
Source - Perimeter patrol
Claimed - Quickfish is offered for persistent maritime perimeter patrol.
Source - Autonomous surface transit
Claimed - Quickfish autonomously transits across marine surface routes.
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Supply
Supply / Components
- Quickfish
Satellite Communications - Communications - Iridium Communications - Seasats Quickfish includes Iridium SBD and Certus satellite communications - source: seasats.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com
Source - Quickfish
Starlink Communications System - connectivity - SpaceX - Quickfish uses Starlink communications system - source: seasats.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com
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Timeline
- Seasats Quickfish USV completes continuous eight-day sea trial
2026-03-17 - Demonstration - Seasats announced the successful completion of an eight-day continuous sea trial for Quickfish. The test emphasized the platform's mix of 35+ knot sprint speed, multi-week designed endurance, and modular mission configuration. The update strengthened the case that Quickfish is progressing from launch story toward practical defense and security use.
Source - Seasats unveils Quickfish, a high-speed long-endurance autonomous surface vessel
2025-10-20 - Product Launch - Seasats unveiled Quickfish during a U.S. Navy exercise off the California coast. The platform introduced a faster interceptor-style vessel with sprint speeds above 35 knots, modular payloads, and a concealed UAV launch bay. The launch expanded Seasats beyond persistent surveillance USVs into higher-speed interception and response missions.
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Context
Market context
High-speed autonomous surface vessel for tactical and fast-response maritime operations including interception, identification, escort, and perimeter security.
- Target environment: Marine, offshore, harbor, underwater and coastal environments where autonomous or remote robotic systems operate.
- Workflow context: Surface or underwater inspection, maritime sensing, remote operation, autonomy and asset monitoring.
- Customer context: Marine operators, offshore asset owners, navies, port users and inspection teams.
- Deployment model: Commercial or available product positioned for customer use, integration or developer adoption.
- Commercial maturity: Publicly presented as commercial or available, with maturity depending on deployment scale and support coverage.
- Adoption constraints: Adoption depends on sea state, autonomy, communications, payloads, endurance, regulations and maintenance.
- Market position: Quickfish sits in the maritime robotics lane, focused on robotic operation in surface or underwater environments.
- Adjacent products: Saildrone Explorer, Havoc Kaikoa, BlueROV2, Ulysses Mako
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