Kraken Technology Group and L3Harris Technologies have created advanced integration of control systems within the K40 MANTA submarine drone prototype. The K40 will be able to hold 1000 kilogram payload and operate autonomously for ten days.
This is a pivotal step in the technical evolution of Kraken’s K40 MANTA platform, setting the foundation for the development of enhanced autonomous capabilities and ultimately, full autonomy.
The K40 is an uncrewed surface-subsurface (USSV) platform that uses foils for rapid surface transit before submerging for clandestine manoeuvring. This high-performance vessel requires well-established, cutting-edge control systems and L3Harris possesses the necessary components and expertise required for seamless integration into the K40 MANTA. These integrated systems will enable the remote control of the uncrewed platform for engineering testing, foil development, powertrain calibration and demonstration before enhancement in later developmental stages.
K40 is a unique, innovative scalable platform bringing rapid uncrewed surface transit of sensor or strike payloads over large distances, before submerging for covert infiltration, persistent recce or loitering roles to the Kraken Security systems of systems. K40 is available in a range of sizes including a 12ft optionally disposable version.
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Congratulations to them for catching up with a German naval project from 1945 that went by the same name.
http://strangevehicles.greyfalcon.us/Manta.htm
A simpler torpedo drone bomb will be more stealthier and lower cost to deliver a big explosive payload to Black Sea targets.
A 300 mile range is a non starter fail.
Someone might consider using it to deposit crates of handguns and ammo on the shore of North Korea in particularly poor regions. Every time North Korea fires a missile over Japanese waters or transfers artillery shells to Russia for the Ukrainian genocide they might be rewarded with a bit of instability from an influx of armed peasants.
So how much can it carry–asking for a friend in Columbia….sniff