Piraya (Swedish for ''

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'') is the name of an

unmanned surface vehicle An unmanned surface vehicle, unmanned surface vessel or uncrewed surface vessel (USV), colloquially called a drone boat, drone ship or sea drone, is a boat or ship that operates on the surface of the water without a crew. USVs operate with v ...

project under development by the Swedish shipyard company Kockums AB in collaboration with the Swedish military. The project is a small size boat with a 20

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engine that runs without a human crew. The biggest difference between the Piraya and other unmanned surface vehicles is that several Pirayas can be operated at the same time by a single person. The vehicle has

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capability just like the larger Visby class corvettes. The vessels will be equipped with infrared sensors and hydrophones. By October 2009, 3 boats were in testing with one more on the way.

Similar ships

* Protector USV * Spartan Scout

References

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