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Harbor Wing Technologies
Harbor Wing
Technologies designs
and develops computer
controlled, primarily
wind driven,
Autonomous Unmanned
Surface Vessel “AUSV”
for military and
homeland defense
missions, and
WingSails™ for
commercial and
recreational applications.
BMW/Oracle Winged Tri-maran
Wins Americas Cup
HWT engineers played design role
HWT UNMANNED SYSTEM IN OPERATION
• 5 Years of Successful Development
• Passed Various Testing Regimens
• Patented Controls
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Advanced Computer Drive
Wing on Wing Design
360 deg. Rotation
Single Pilot Management
No on-board Crew
Scalable to any size
Accurate, Fast, Controllable
WingSail™ propulsion controlled
to desired speeds
• Efficient on all points of sail
• Assigned GPS way points achieved
within 3.5 meter cross track error
• Steady straight headings maintained
despite strong winds and seas (40
knot maximum apparent wind, steep
6ft sea)
• Precise course holding on extended
transits, divergent wind and wave
directions
• Pivot like turn maneuvers without
perceptible drift
• Station keeping within 30 meters
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X-3: Designed for the Open Ocean
3 Months at Sea
Power Storage and Generation
• Batteries/Capacitors – Lithium Ion, capacity 51kW
• 2000 sq. ft. thin film solar panel area,10 kW
• 10 Kw generator set and 300 gal. fuel
• Electric motors in regeneration mode, 12,400 watts
X-3 Characteristics/Capabilities
Vessel Performance Characteristics
• Top sailing speed 25+ KTS in 15 KTS true
wind speed
• Top auxiliary motor speed 15 KTS
• Minimum sailing speed of ¾ true wind speed
under 12 KTS
• Capability to sail in reverse at 5-10 KTS
• Low radar cross section/ Sonar and
Magnetic Signature
• Low visibility by target when approaching
into the wind
• High level of covert night operations
• Fully operational in up to Sea State 5
Sensor Capabilities
• Surface Radar
• Sonar
• EO/IR
• AIS signal tracking information
• ELINT
• Collision Avoidance
• Communications
AUSV MISSIONS
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Deep-ocean Surveillance and Reconnaissance
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Strategic areas of interest/maritime choke points
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Pacific approaches to Guam or Hawaii
Papahanamokuakea Marine National Monument
Singapore Straits, Malacca, South China Sea
Patrol designated areas*
Persistent fixed area surveillance
Pre-position to operate with arriving platforms
Coastal Waters Surveillance and Patrol
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Anti-terror force protection
EEZ Fishing enforcement
Coastal security, Border Patrol
Drug smuggling interdiction
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Semi-submersibles and Panga Boats
* 6 Knot patrol corresponds to 5,760 Sq Nm surveyed per day
Harbor Wing WingSailTM development for all markets
Unmanned
Vessel
Commercial
WingSail
Recreational
WingSail
Using Patented WingSailTM Control System
U.S. Patent #’s 7461609 & 7714127
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