Role & capabilities
- Seabed survey
- Mine-countermeasure support
- Planned maritime-security role
- Primary domain
- Sea surface
- System type
- Uncrewed surface vessel
- Developer / manufacturer
- Republic of Singapore Navy programme — hull supplier not established
- Origin / production countries
- Singapore
- Other names
- RSN MCM USV
- Variants / configurations
- Not distinguished in reviewed sources
- Operators / programme customers
- Republic of Singapore Navy — procurement programme
Evidence & current status
Construction is confirmed; 2027 introduction remains planned. Builder identity and numeric performance were not established by the primary announcement.
Singapore's new MCM USV programme builds on experiments with autonomous mine-countermeasure payloads that the navy says began in 2012. It is separate from the operational MARSEC patrol-vessel fleet. Shared navigation and collision-avoidance experience does not make the two programmes the same configuration.
The navy's November 2025 announcement marks the start of hull construction. It describes craft that can be configured for towed sonar or underwater inspection and mine-countermeasure equipment, with automated payload handling and shore-based control. The vessels are intended to operate within a wider capability that also includes AUVs, command systems, maintenance and minesweeping equipment.
The stated introduction schedule starts in 2027. That remains a forecast, rather than evidence of 2026 delivery or service acceptance. The reviewed primary announcement does not establish a public model designation, hull manufacturer or complete numeric performance table, so the entry uses the official descriptive programme name. The design's potential to take on maritime-security tasks is recorded as a planned capability without borrowing the existing MARSEC boats' specifications.
Sourced specifications
Figures apply to the named configuration. Maximum values are not guaranteed operating performance.
| Specification | Reported value | Context & source |
|---|---|---|
| Configuration | Reconfigurable mine-countermeasure surface vessel | Published configuration baseline; loading and conditions affect performance. Source ↗ |
| Hull / propulsion | Not established in the reviewed public sources. | Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source ↗ |
| Dimensions | Not established in the reviewed public sources. | Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source ↗ |
| Displacement / mass | Not established in the reviewed public sources. | Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source ↗ |
| Payload | Towed sonar or underwater identification/neutralisation system configurations | Published configuration baseline; loading and conditions affect performance. Source ↗ |
| Endurance | Not established in the reviewed public sources. | Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source ↗ |
| Range | Not established in the reviewed public sources. | Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source ↗ |
| Speed | Not established in the reviewed public sources. | Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source ↗ |
| Sea state / environment | Not established in the reviewed public sources. | Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source ↗ |
| Sensors | Not established in the reviewed public sources. | Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source ↗ |
| Communications / control | Remote shore-based control with automated payload handling | Published configuration baseline; loading and conditions affect performance. Source ↗ |
| Launch / deployment | Not established in the reviewed public sources. | Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source ↗ |
Documented milestones
Hull construction announced
The navy marked plate cutting and forecast introduction from 2027.
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Publication history
- — Added in the September 2026 global coverage review, with sources, configuration limits and explicit data gaps.
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