Department of Defense – Stiletto High Tech Water Craft
January 7, 2012
The “Stiletto,” a shallow-fill up craft made of a tough, frivolous carbon composite material, offers a safer, more comfortable ride and is easily reconfigured to accommodate technological advances and the military’s needs, said Navy Cmdr. Greg E. Glaros, a transformation strategist in the Office of Force Transformation. Stiletto was initiated in the DoD transformation office in association with US Special Operations Command, he said. When fielded, the boat will be available for use my all services. It’s meant to get special operations forces to their missions quickly with a top speed of more than 50 knots, Glaros said. Persons forces, a total of 15 per boat, also may maybe benefit from its unusual hull design. Described as an “M-hull” because of its resemblance to the letter “M,” the fill up Stiletto displaces is pulled owing to tunnels under the boat. The fill up mixes with incoming air from the forward movement of the craft and makes an air cushion with the intention of the boat rides on, he said. Glaros said this cushion may maybe be a back-saving benefit for persons using Stiletto for transport. The vertical impact to the neck and the vertebrae from riding on a traditional small transport craft have been likened to a “10-G shock,” or the body suddenly weighing 10 times its own consequence, at least twice an hour, he said. If a seat fails, with the intention of shock can spike to 20 Gs. Stiletto’s other purposes include what Glaros describes as “techno exploration.” Basically, he said, the boat is a floating conduct experiment. The …
