THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MODULAR MULTI-ROLE VESSEL FOR NAVAL AND COASTGUARD OPERATIONS

To deliver the full range of operational and support roles naval and coast guard forces typically employ many different types of specialist craft. Their specialist nature and the need for redundancy means that these craft are often under-utilised, spending much of their lives waiting for a particular requirement or incident to occur. As a result these critical and expensive assets can deteriorate through lack of use and become increasingly expensive to operate. A modular multi-role solution has been developed to address these issues. The system comprises a standard platform that can be fitted with one of a number of specialist modules. These self-contained modules can be rapidly exchanged to enable the craft to meet planned and unplanned operational and support requirements.