Israel’s New Unmanned Patrol Boat

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The Katana is Israel’s new unmanned combat marine system, capable of supporting a wide variety of homeland security applications: Harbor security; patrols along coasts, territorial waters and EEZ; electronic warfare and offshore platform protection.

The vessel features a dual control scheme allowing for autonomous operations controlled via an advanced command and control station, as well as for manned combat controls.

iHLS – Israel Homeland Security

Addition features include autonomous navigation, collision avoidance, advanced control system and more. The vessel is equipped with various payloads (including electro-optical), communication systems, radio (Line of Site, LOS, or NLOS), radar and weapon systems. The modular design of the systems allows for configuration and operational flexibility.

The Katana USV was designed by Israel Aerospace Industries.