SubSea Craft advances MARS unmanned vessel into production

May 12, 2026 · Production Milestone · SubSea Craft · Maritime

SubSea Craft advanced its MARS maritime autonomous system into production, moving the company’s high-speed uncrewed surface-vessel platform toward operational delivery for defence and security missions.

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  • The milestone covers production readiness rather than a concept unveiling.
  • MARS is designed for high-speed maritime operations and autonomous mission integration.
  • Production advances the platform toward operational delivery for defence and security customers.

SubSea Craft develops advanced maritime systems for defence and special-operations missions. Its work combines a high-speed surface craft with a submersible operating mode, digital mission systems, open architectures and operator-support programmes. The Portsmouth company designs, engineers, trials and trains around technology intended to move teams and payloads covertly across the surface and underwater.