Page 36: of Marine News Magazine (June 2024)

35 37

Feature

Patrol Craft lent seakeeping and tactical turning Hypalon and Polyurethane ? nishes. Ullman Dynamics’ shock-mitigating capabilities as well as fast holeshots, The boat’s weapon mounts, which seats mounted on deck tracks. The sus- according to the builder. Powered by feature an articulated swing arm, are pension seating and Skydex shock-mit- 1,200-horsepower Mercury Marine designed by Military Systems Group igating ? ooring system are engineered

V10 triple outboard motor con? gura- and are a brand-new design created to boost crew comfort and safety.

tion (complete with Mercury’s Active through a collaborative process that “The boat is designed as an offshore

Trim System), the boat offers an op- saw partners talking with one another interceptor, but it’s very appropriate erational range exceeding 400 miles to create a new solution, Nouhra said. in inland waterways as well. It could at 36 miles per hour (mph) cruising This vessel’s spacious deck layout is just as easily be a police boat in any speed, and at wide-open throttle it carefully designed and packed with in- harbor—there’s even a ? re? ghting can top out at 64 mph. novation from AIME partners. It fea- variant too,” Salus said, noting the

The vessel features OCM’s hybrid tures two consoles to optimize division vessel can be built in either open or constructed polyethylene closed-cell of labor and is engineered to enhance cabin con? guration.

foam-? lled “D”-shaped Collar, with visibility and situational awareness, and At the end of the day, the goal is options for heavy-duty Orca 866 t’s also easily recon? gurable thanks to to deliver to the customer the best possible boat that ? ts their require- ments, and OCM’s work to incorpo- rate state-of-the-art technologies is part of that mission.

Asked about demand for new

RHIBS such as the 11.5m Offshore

Interceptor within the market, Salus said, “There are a lot of assets out there that are not only ready to be retired, but that are not performing as adver- tised and not to the customer’s satisfac- tion. We hear that a lot. They’re look- ing for someone to cure their pains.

And we’re very good at that. We were very good listeners and we try to give the customer exactly what they need and the performance that they desire.” “We’re coming together in an un- precedented way to incorporate all of the latest innovations into one platform,” Salus said. “And we hope to be an exemplar to our federal cus- tomers of what can be done and the innovation that can happen and hap- pen quickly and collaboratively rather than everyone being in their silo and ? ghting each other. We can work to- gether because we augment each oth- er, we complement each other. “ 36 | MN June 2024