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It had a “SWATH” hull design: Below the water were submerged twin hulls, an aft stabilizer, and inboard hydrofoil. Photo: U.S. Navy ...
With more than 20 years of experience designing SWATH hull forms, from the world’s fastest SWATH in 1989 to the production design of the Lockheed Martin Slice in 2006, Ad Hoc Marine Designs has ...
The two companies, in addition to their collaboration on SWATH design, are also exploring other hull forms first developed by Lockheed for the defense industry, which may also offer some ...
The Office of Force Transformation’s Stiletto employs a novel m-hull design to give it high speed and smooth performance even in rough seas. The all-composite hull also weighs a fraction of its ...
New Andy Waugh Design concept features a SWATH hull that would reduce pitch and roll by 70%, increase efficiency, safety and comfort ...
Inspired by the racecars of the 1920s, its shape actually offers functional advantages. The racecar aesthetic is made possible by something called small-waterplane-area-twin-hull (or SWATH) design.
While that would be an invitation to disaster aboard most yachts, Dreyfoos wanted to see how the vessel’s SWATH (Small Waterplane Area Twin Hull) design would handle turbulent water conditions.
Sea Slice is an experimental ship that had a new and unique modified hull design called SWATH standing for Small Waterplane Area Twin Hull design.
Designer Yeojin Jung's "Estrella" superyacht concept features a tri-hull design that looks like something straight out of science fiction.
Of particular interest is ‘small-waterplane-area-twin-hull’ (SWATH) hull - rarely used on superyachts. SWATH vessels are catamarans with submerged, cylindrical hulls attached to a central body by ...
Lockheed Martin was recently awarded a contract valued at more than $25 million to perform detailed design, construction, test and delivery of two Small Waterplane Area Twin Hull (SWATH) crew ...