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U.S. Navy Special Warfare
Very Slender Vessel (VSV)
Photo: VSV on land.
The U.S. Navy Special Warfare community
is constantly evaluating new programs to further operational
capabilities. One such program, in which they
teamed with DARPA [Defense Advanced Research Projects
Agency] and OSD’s Technical Support Working Group
(TSWG), is the Very Slender Vessel (VSV). The VSV
is designed as a wave piercing craft; in lieu of the
standard high speed boat, which produces an extremely
uncomfortable ride over long, high-speed transits
in higher sea states. The VSV is expected to deliver
SEAL or other SOF operators to objective areas who
are much more mission capable.
The below photos used
by written permission of, and are the property of,
the Federation of American
Scientists.
