Eureka Naval Craft - AIRCAT Bobcat

AIRCAT Bobcat - Purpose-Built for America’s Modern Littoral Fight.

The AIRCAT Bobcat is a 57-foot ultra-high speed surface effect catamaran engineered for the new era of distributed maritime warfare. Built to deliver personnel, vehicles, and critical cargo across denied coastlines, river systems, and archipelagic chokepoints, Bobcat bridges the last tactical mile - fast, quiet, and with minimal signature. Its design integrates lessons from global conflict zones and aligns directly with U.S. Navy and Marine Corps Distributed Maritime Operations (DMO), Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations (EABO), and the Coast Guard’s littoral response missions.

Operational Relevance:
The maritime battlespace has changed. From the South China Sea to the Arctic and the Caribbean, American forces now operate under constant ISR coverage, long-range precision fires, and contested logistics. Bobcat’s 50-knot dash speed, 38-knot cruise, and 350-nautical-mile range enable unpredictable maneuver, rapid insertion, and fast exfiltration. Crucial when every minute and radar return counts. Operating in as little as 1.6 feet of water, it beaches, offloads, and self recovers without infrastructure, providing access where conventional landing craft cannot.

Adaptive and Modular by Design:
Optionally manned and mission tailorable, Bobcat carries up to 36 combat troops or 10 tons of cargo. Its open, roll-on/roll-off deck accepts modular payloads, autonomous mission pods, and weapon systems. SH Defence modular deck locks secure heavy cargo or mounted systems in seconds. Forward and aft ramps enable rapid turnarounds in confined or hostile littorals. Integrated options for remote weapon stations, counter UAS systems, and appliqué armor provide mission scalable protection, while commercially supported diesel powerplants and deck-level service access ensure reliability and sustainment with minimal shore support.

Built for the Fight Anywhere:
From high latitude ice channels to tropical island chains, Bobcat is designed to thrive in the most demanding operational theaters. Whether supporting special operations, EABO sustainment, coastal defense, or humanitarian response, it delivers speed, flexibility, and survivability, embodying the future of American amphibious maneuver.