M48
M30PV — Long-Range Multi-Mission Maritime Autonomy Platform
AI-enabled optional piloted vessel engineered for missile defense, distributed fleet operations, ISR, contested logistics, and personnel recovery.
Distributed Naval Power
to Meet the Challenges of Asymmetric Warfare.
Autonomous maritime platforms engineered for missile defense, contested logistics and personnel recovery. Designed, built and deployed in the United States.
Fully Autonomous · AI-Native · Battle-Ready
M48
AUTONOMOUS MISSILE-DEFENSE STRIKE PLATFORM
CATAMARAN HULL
Slender hulls deliver long range and good fuel economy. Two boats tied together by a bridge-deck — operational with one hull compromised.
MAGAZINE DEPTH
A wide deck to carry a large magazine and mount sensors and weapons capable of engaging small craft. Travel to the fight — and fight without external support.
WINGMAN FORMATION
Turn a single ship into a networked shooter-sensor team. Reach, mass and resilience without waiting for new hulls.
ASYMMETRIC ESCORT
A sledgehammer is not the right tool to fight mosquitoes. Fielded in sufficient numbers to escort commercial vessels and screen vital water-ways.
MULTI-MISSION DECK
Containerized mission loads for contested logistics, SAR platform and sUSV mothership. A movable platform between the hulls launches and retrieves small USVs and UUVs.
M48 vs M68
Program Snapshot
- 2024 · Q1✓CompleteMiami → American Samoa · 32,000 NM
- 2026 · Q1✓CompleteMetal Shark + ATG · January 2026
- 2026 · Q2✓CompleteMUSV strategic partnership · April 2026
- 2027 · Q2TargetM48 hull #001 · scheduled Q2 2027
Underway. Concealed.
Forward-deployed with containerized weapons load. Sensor stack passive, surface signature minimized — the M48 reads as commercial traffic until the moment of engagement.
Eleven Mission Types. One Platform.
Four AI Systems.
One Unified Command.
A vertically integrated stack — navigation, combat, manufacturing and tracking — designed to run together across every Magnet vessel. Each module operates standalone and amplifies the others.
DRIVEAI
Autonomous navigation and mission routing for unmanned surface vessels, built to operate safely and in full compliance with maritime rules of engagement.
DEFENDAI
Autonomous execution framework supporting supervised, semi-autonomous, and fully autonomous operations across complex and denied mission environments.
FORGEAI
AI-enabled manufacturing platform for designing, building, and scaling autonomous vessels from initial concept through full operational deployment.
TRACKAI
AI-powered detection, classification, and telemetry-grade tracking of high-speed threats across distributed maritime and multi-domain environments.
▸ Integration
TrackAI resolves threats → DefendAI assigns effectors → DriveAI repositions → ForgeAI sustains the platform. One stack, no human-in-the-loop required.
Built with industry leaders.
Vertically integrated from AI-enabled autonomy through domestic industrial-scale shipbuilding — partnered with Hanwha Defense USA on MUSV co-production and robotic shipyards.
Operational News
HANWHA AND MAGNET DEFENSE FORMALIZE MUSV STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP
Memorandum signed at Sea-Air-Space 2026 to jointly build a 38-meter MUSV for the U.S. Department of War, with collaboration on AI-driven robotic shipyards and autonomy software.
READ ON NAVAL NEWSEXCLUSIVE: HANWHA, MAGNET DEFENSE PARTNER TO BUILD MUSVS, ROBOTIC SHIPYARDS
Breaking Defense exclusive on the Hanwha-Magnet partnership covering MUSV co-production and the development of next-generation robotic shipbuilding facilities.
READ ON BREAKING DEFENSEHANWHA DEFENSE USA AND MAGNET DEFENSE TO DEVELOP MEDIUM UNMANNED SURFACE VESSELS
Overt Defense reports on the Hanwha-Magnet collaboration to develop MUSVs for the United States, expanding the joint roadmap announced at Sea-Air-Space 2026.
READ ON OVERT DEFENSENEXT-GENERATION UNMANNED SURFACE VESSEL UNVEILED
Stars and Stripes profiles the next-generation USV emerging from the Hanwha-Magnet Defense partnership and its role in the Navy's distributed maritime strategy.
READ ON STARS AND STRIPESHANWHA, MAGNET DEFENSE PARTNER TO BUILD AUTONOMOUS NAVAL VESSELS
WorkBoat covers the Hanwha-Magnet partnership and the industrial-scale path to delivering autonomous naval vessels for the U.S. fleet.
READ ON WORKBOATMAGNET DEFENSE AND HANWHA DEFENSE USA FORMALIZE MUSV STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP
Ocean News & Technology reports on the formal MUSV partnership signing at Sea-Air-Space 2026 and the program's strategic implications for U.S. naval autonomy.
READ ON OCEAN NEWSMAGNET DEFENSE PICKS MISSILE SYSTEM PROVIDER FOR LONG-RANGE UNMANNED VESSELS
Design Development Today reports on Magnet's missile-system provider selection for its long-range unmanned surface vessels, a key step toward integrated strike capability.
READ ON DESIGN DEVELOPMENT TODAYROBOTS ARE COMING — AND LOUISIANA IS READY
Louisiana Economic Development spotlights the state's readiness to anchor the next wave of robotic shipbuilding tied to the Hanwha-Magnet Defense program.
READ ON OPPORTUNITY LOUISIANAMAGNET DEFENSE ACQUIRES METAL SHARK TO ACCELERATE U.S. SHIPBUILDING CAPACITY
Acquisition pairs Magnet's AI-enabled software-defined autonomy with domestic industrial-scale shipbuilding, moving from prototype to sustained delivery of autonomous maritime platforms.
READ ON MAGNET DEFENSEMAGNET DEFENSE TO ACQUIRE ATG TO ACCELERATE AI-ENABLED AUTONOMY
Definitive agreement to acquire Advanced Technology Group integrates ATG's open-architecture AI into Magnet's DefendAI battlespace management suite for national security customers.
READ ON PR NEWSWIREGallery
Operational footage from the M48 program. Click any clip to view full-screen with sound.
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Miami, Florida
United States
ITAR · EAR
Made in USA · NDA on request
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