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Splash C2

Project type
Defense · Autonomy C2
Stage
Demo
Deliverables
Operator console · Mission simulation · 3D chart and helm · Engineering
Operatorfleet view + helmOpen WatersAIS, seamarks, depthSplash C2 coremissions, patterns, safetyTyphoonuncrewed surface vesselTempestuncrewed surface vesselFleet clockdeterministic steps

Splash Industries builds uncrewed surface vessels, the Typhoon and the larger Tempest. Splash says a Typhoon carried out the first fully autonomous underway resupply of a U.S. Navy warship, USS Essex, during RIMPAC. Splash C2 is the console an operator uses to supervise and task those boats.

Product context

One operator, many boats, and no room for ambiguity.

Supervising autonomous vessels means seeing the whole picture at once: where every boat is, what it has been told to do, what else is on the water, and what happens when a link drops. Every requirement was questioned, cut or simplified before it was built, and each decision is written down with the evidence that would reopen it.

COET's contribution

  • A deterministic mission core

    Fleet, mission and navigation logic as pure functions, independent of the interface, the map and the clock, so any run can be replayed exactly.

  • Fleet view

    A nautical chart with 3D hulls for both vessel classes, every tasked route, seamarks and depth context, and live AIS traffic from Open Waters.

  • Tasking by pattern

    Drop an objective, pick a pattern, and each selected boat gets its own slot. Five patterns, escort and monitor for moving contacts, and perimeters you drag to re-plan in place.

  • Safety rules in the simulation

    Boats stop at the shoreline, keep clear of each other and of reported ships, and a lost link puts a boat into onboard hold while the operator re-tasks the rest.

  • The helm

    Take one boat: its hull in 3D with contacts at true bearing, four camera stations, and keyboard throttle and rudder that only engage after the operator confirms the named vessel.

How it fits together

Operator intent in, deterministic missions out.

The operator works in two views of one chart. Orders become missions in a pure core that steps the fleet on a fixed clock, with live traffic and chart data as context, never as truth.

Operatorfleet view + helmOpen WatersAIS, seamarks, depthSplash C2 coremissions, patterns, safetyTyphoonuncrewed surface vesselTempestuncrewed surface vesselFleet clockdeterministic steps

Key features

  • 01

    Fleet and helm views

    The whole picture, or one boat's bow.

  • 02

    Five mission patterns

    One slot per boat around an objective.

  • 03

    Escort and monitor

    Stations re-planned every tick on a moving contact.

  • 04

    Draggable perimeters

    Move or resize a patrol and its routes follow.

  • 05

    Live AIS and seamarks

    Real traffic and chart context, no API key.

  • 06

    Link-loss hold

    A disconnected boat stops and waits; the rest carry on.

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