Serco’s “Defiant” offers autonomous surveillance and endurance at sea
Bringing robotic and autonomous systems/artificial intelligence (RAS/AI) to the fore, Serco’s Defiant offers enhanced maritime capabilities across a range of military and civil operations.
By performing critical tasks such as long endurance intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance with precision and efficiency, Serco Defiant reduces the risk to Navy personnel and platforms, while operationally releasing crewed vessels for higher priority missions.
With the combination of advanced sensor technologies, AI enabled data analytics, and demonstrated marine autonomy, the Defiant is positioned to revolutionise Distributed Maritime Operations and provide real-time information and “on-station” response to threats.
Offering the potential to be deployed for a range of naval and para-military missions, including Search and Rescue operations, environmental monitoring, Anti-Submarine Warfare, and Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster relief, the Defiant can be tasked to operate autonomously or in company with crewed vessels, providing flexibility and versatility across the full gamut of maritime operations.
Serco's Defiant concept offers a comprehensive and innovative approach to strengthening marine resilience.
The Defiant represents a radical shift away from conventional ship design practices, toward the creation of robust, reliable, long-endurance, autonomous and adaptive maritime platforms.
The Defiant design focuses on the idea of an engineering transformation, reimagining traditional vessel design and engineering operations and maintenance philosophies, which not only pushes the boundaries of innovation, but offers the potential to expand and redefine Australia's enhanced lethality surface combatant fleet.
The wide-scale adoption of long endurance autonomous platforms like the Defiant concept will provide military planners greater flexibility when developing plans and response options, offering new and asymmetric pathways to delivering evolving warfighting concepts, harnessing the power of RAS/AI to deliver "impactful projection" across Australia's maritime approaches, and contribute to maintaining sovereignty and security in the region.
