First Super-Cavitating Ship, GHOST

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Juliet Marine Systems, Inc.; issued August 10, 2011

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. --- Juliet Marine Systems, Inc. (JMS) announced today that the US Navy/USPTO have removed Secrecy Orders previously applied to GHOST. For the first time, Juliet Marine is able to release photographs of GHOST, the first super-cavitating craft, to the public. GHOST was designed and built by US citizens for the US Navy at no cost to the government to protect US sailors, servicemen and servicewomen.

Development of the first-ever, super-cavitating craft, in many ways, is as difficult as breaking the sound barrier. GHOST is a combination aircraft/boat that has been designed to fly through an artificial underwater gaseous environment that creates 900 times less hull friction than water. GHOST technology adapts to manned or unmanned, surface or submerged applications.

Any Navy possessing GHOST technology could operate in international waters undetected and would have an overwhelming advantage against conventional ships. GHOST is specifically designed for Fleet Force Protection at its present size. GHOST technology is scalable and JMS is currently discussing a plan to build a larger corvette-sized vessel (150 feet) by partnering with a large international defense company.

The US Navy could reduce its naval footprint and financial exposure by deploying a squadron of GHOSTs from Bahrain, which would free up larger assets, such as destroyers and cruisers, saving costs in manpower and maintenance. GHOST is ideal for piracy patrols and could be sea-based to provide protection from pirate attacks that cost our government an estimated $1.5 billion each year. The world-wide shipping industry could be provided with substantial fuel savings using JMS hull friction reduction super-cavitation.

A squadron of GHOSTs would not be detectable to enemy ship radar and sensors. GHOST can carry thousands of pounds of weapons, including Mark 48 torpedoes, and would be virtually unstoppable. The GHOST platform and technology could reduce the need for LCS completely with the capability to travel long distances and conduct the same missions. GHOST could make LCS a defensible platform for combat - LCS is not currently rated for combat. Today, Iran has the capabilities to stop the US Navy from operating in the Straits of Hormuz, a critical passage for most of the oil our country uses.

The Navy compares GHOST to an attack helicopter with regard to its capabilities for force protection. GHOST can deliver forces to any beach location quickly and quietly with enough weapons to conduct a hot extraction. GHOST is designed to provide military game-changing advantages for the USA.

http://www.defense-aerospace.com/articles-view/release/3/127873/firm-unveils-first-super_cavitating-ship.html#
 

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Do what? Where is the apparatus on the front of the vehicle that creates the cavity that the ship travels through?
 
sublight said:
Do what? Where is the apparatus on the front of the vehicle that creates the cavity that the ship travels through?

It's stealthed. You can't see it.

Regards & all,

Thomas L. Nielsen
Luxembourg
 
man behind the Juliet is Greg Sancoff ("Founder and President, Juliet Marine Systems, LLC")


Juliet Marine Systems is developing innovative technology solutions to assure Fleet Force Protection in response to small vessel terrorist attacks against US Navy and coalition ships.
With the success of each hijacking, there is more money available to pirates to purchase better equipment, larger ships, and better weapons and to operate further offshore. In 2005, pirates were within 170nm of their land bases and today they are over 1,000nm from shore. So the company has built a specialist boat called GHOST. Think aircraft carrier and you get the idea: Juliet Marine Systems has developed a completely new class of vessel that some say operates in a manner similar to an attack helicopter on the water. It has the ability to conduct long range security patrols at very high speeds and to loiter for several days.
GHOST can utilise non-lethal or lethal weapons depending on situational requirements. GHOST is specifically designed to be sea-based in squadrons from a larger ship that would act as home base for the security patrols and could be placed offshore close to the area of operations.
According to the company, sea-basing is the best means for conducting pirate patrols. If GHOST is land-based, this would present a host of international treaty issues and additional security needs. Juliet Marine Systems believes the best way to tackle the implementation of private pirate security patrols in the near future is for the many Governments involved in this initiative to support sea-based security patrols.
Juliet Marine Systems is also developing the Fleet Protection Attack Craft or F-PAC – a combination of stealth fighter aircraft and attack helicopter technologies packaged in a boat, ensuring force protection through stealth fighter/attack capabilities along with integrated situation awareness. The capabilities of F-PAC will provide marine surface and sub-surface tracking and identification of multiple targets. Its onboard weapons systems are capable of multi-target firing solutions while operating at very high speed and attacking several targets simultaneously with a variety of weapons systems options.
(wl based on Juliet Marine Systems website and a report in Maritime Today)


"Juliet Marine Systems has developed a completely new class of vessel that some say operates in a manner similar to an attack helicopter on the water. " - well, I remember other one..."helicopter"

notcharc2.jpg

 
seruriermarshal said:
yeah , That's Lockheed project ?
I thought it's clear from big logo at the background)
 
so they copied CHARC concept, using supercavitating floats? kinda put your fishing boat on two Shkvals...
 
The founder of the company (Greg Sancoff) has a bunch of previous patents, but they're all in medical technology. The company's website reads like something a high school kid with an overactive imagination might write. And the picture of course looks like a hobbyist's weekend project.

Now, on the plus side, they have at least some staff, which looks like a step up from Stavattti. And the company apparently did make a pitch at last year's ONI S&T Partnership conference. The other companies there don't all look to be fly-by-nighters, so they may have had something that looked good enough to get the Navy's interest for at least a little while.

Overally, I'm not seeing this as terribly likely. Reminds me of US Aerospace more than Stavatti, though.
 
Ares has a somewhat more illuminating article (with more pictures). In this implementation, it is just the SWATH floats that are meant to supercavitate, not the "fuselage" or the wing-like structures sticking out of it. I'm still skeptical of the company, but I can see what they're driving at better now.

And yes, it has a LOT of resemblance to the Lockheed Martin CHARC concept.
 
CHARC, of course. Memory let me down.
 
Maritime Batmobile Hopes to Combat Pirates, Iran (Wired.com)


....So how exactly would Ghost fight off these foes? This week, Juliet Marine Systems announced it was in the market for a weapons integrator. The company is looking for off-the-shelf gear and says Ghost is capable of holding a few thousand pounds worth of weapons, including Mark 48 torpedoes. Whatever it ends up packing, Ghost is designed to tuck its gear inside an internal weapons bay in order to reduce its radar cross section. Promotional artwork also depicts a special operations Ghost craft blasting away at unseen enemies with a Gatling-style gun.

Juliet Marine Systems says Ghost’s payload capacity helps it store more fuel for lengthier missions. They claim it uses supercavitation technology — creating an air pocket to reduce friction on its catamaran hull — and jet engines to reach its high speeds....


....If you’d like a Ghost of your own, take heart. The ship might be made available to private customers. Juliet Marine Systems said in a March press release that it’s also “discussing with the shipping industry the use of GHOST boats to provide private security patrols for their ships and insurance customers.”

Whether the private sector has the appetite for an advanced new craft now that piracy is starting to wane slightly remains to be seen. But if Ghost doesn’t attract enough interest from the U.S. Navy or the private security market, it’d at least fit well as a prop on the set of the upcoming Batman sequel.
 
Covert High-speed Attack and Reconnaissance Craft (CHARC)
 
flateric said:
Covert High-speed Attack and Reconnaissance Craft (CHARC)
Nope, doesn't work... It has to be an "S" like "Stealth" or "Super" or Something like that. 2/3rds of your funding and support depends on having a "cool" project name and how much cooler than SHARC can you get :)

Randy
 
RanulfC said:
flateric said:
Covert High-speed Attack and Reconnaissance Craft (CHARC)
Nope, doesn't work... It has to be an "S" like "Stealth" or "Super" or Something like that. 2/3rds of your funding and support depends on having a "cool" project name and how much cooler than SHARC can you get :)

Randy


CHARC was the actual name used for the Lockheed concept shown on the previous page.
 
TomS said:
RanulfC said:
flateric said:
Covert High-speed Attack and Reconnaissance Craft (CHARC)
Nope, doesn't work... It has to be an "S" like "Stealth" or "Super" or Something like that. 2/3rds of your funding and support depends on having a "cool" project name and how much cooler than SHARC can you get :)

Randy


CHARC was the actual name used for the Lockheed concept shown on the previous page.
Yep, and this is the reason it won't get funding... Obviously LM dropped the ball on this one :)

Randy
 
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Did the thing ever work or was it quietly cancelled?
 
http://youtu.be/dKWjZAbI2V4
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Sources:
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-08-21/juliet-marines-ghost-boat-will-be-hard-sell-to-u-dot-s-dot-navy
http://gizmodo.com/5876713/this-deadly-jet-boat-is-a-pirates-worst-nightmare/1625624781/+andrewtarantola
 

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Grey Havoc said:
http://defense-update.com/20140824_super_ghost.html

Plans are to build a corvette-sized 46 meter (150 ft) ‘super Ghost’ at a cost of about $50 million per vessel – six times cheaper than the $300 million per-ship cost of a current Freedom-class and Independence-class littoral combat ship. Such a vessel could operate with LCS or with other oceangoing naval vessels, providing a more affordable, agile and survivable naval strike forces.
 
As noted in the other thread where this was posted, these "plans" are strictly by Juliette Marine; the US Navy has no plans to do anything with this design.
 
Now, as Guardian, is submersible.

http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20161019006266/en/Juliet-Marine-Systems-Unveils-Plans-Construct-Guardian
 

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A submersible Unmanned Surface Vehicle, interesting. I'd suspect that it's submersible mode has a pretty shallow depth rating, but good enough for the Green water scenarios this is doubtless intended for.
 
This is seeming more hokey with every announcement. Is it going anywhere? Has anybody shown real interest in it?
 
sferrin said:
This is seeming more hokey with every announcement. Is it going anywhere? Has anybody shown real interest in it?
Mostly reporters, and then mostly just the "we're not Transformational enough!" reporters. As long as Rumsfeld's disciples don't take over the Pentagon again, its likely to remain that way.
 
http://www.businessinsider.com/juliet-marine-systems-ghost-boat-2016-11
 

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