Protector USV family
A remotely supervised surface-vessel family with documented Singapore Navy maritime-security use.
- Country / region
- Israel
- Programme status
- In service / use documented
- Sources reviewed
- 21 Sept 2026
- Primary domain
- Sea surface
- System type
- Uncrewed surface vessel
- Developer / manufacturer
- Rafael
- Origin / production countries
- Israel
- Other names
- PROTECTOR
- Variants / configurations
- Rafael nominal 9 m configuration; Rafael nominal 11 m configuration; Singapore Navy 9.5 m configuration
- Operators / programme customers
- Republic of Singapore Navy — documented deployments
Evidence & current status
Manufacturer claims are distinguished from procurement and acceptance evidence; undisclosed figures have not been estimated.
Role & capabilities
- Maritime surveillance
- Port security
- Remote observation
Specifications in context
- Configuration
- Remotely controlled surface vessel
Supplier-published configuration; payload and operating 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
- Singapore configuration: 9.5 m length; 3.5 m beam
Operator-listed configuration, not the entire 9/11-metre supplier family.
Source - Displacement / mass
- Singapore configuration: 4 tonnes
Supplier-published configuration; payload and operating conditions affect performance.
Source - Payload
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.
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
- Singapore configuration: more than 30 knots
Supplier-published configuration; payload and operating conditions affect performance.
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
- Electro-optical observation and mission equipment
Supplier-published configuration; payload and operating conditions affect performance.
Source - Communications / control
- Control from a supporting ship or shore
Supplier-published configuration; payload and operating 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