Introducing Blue Shark: The Future of Eco-Friendly Maritime Innovation Unveiled at Euronaval 2022
On October 19, 2022, Naval Group will showcase an event centering around the cutting-edge advancements of a range of eco-friendly technological elements, aiming to engage in the future of naval warfare with pioneering technological solutions while minimizing environmental effects.
With the Blue Shark, Naval Group presents a forward-looking vision of a swift, discreet, effective, and robust combat vessel that seamlessly integrates into a collaborative naval force, all while maintaining a diminished environmental footprint. Blue Shark: designed for eco-friendly naval missions.
Naval Group has engineered Blue Shark, its latest surface concept vessel, founded on a more sustainable architecture and technological fusion. Her designation symbolizes its promise: Blue signifies advanced environmental technologies, while Shark emphasizes that she fundamentally serves as a combat vessel, a frontline ship tailored to fulfill frigate mission profiles.
She is equipped for high-intensity collaborative warfare, stealthy, effective, and resilient. Blue Shark is integrated into a naval fleet, armed with offensive and defensive systems and capable of deploying various types of drones.
Blue Shark can operate on all oceans for extended periods, requiring simple maintenance, and can function even in harsh sea conditions due to her stabilized multihull design.
The hydrodynamic efficacy of Blue Shark heavily depends on her architecture, which consists of a primary hull and dual floats, allowing for significantly reduced resistance, enhanced stability, and a minimized acoustic footprint.
The incorporation of composite materials in the superstructure allows for substantial functional enhancement of the walls, thereby improving integration with communication technologies: low latency, high availability, and extensive bandwidth.
Blue Shark offers sophisticated operational capabilities including high combat effectiveness, guaranteed maritime readiness, superior radar evasion, and projection potential through a suite of unmanned systems onboard. The vessel proactively adapts to global environmental guidelines.
Blue Shark highlights Naval Group’s extensive technical and technological knowledge and its capability to lead and unify a network of trusted suppliers and collaborators toward tomorrow’s eco-qualifications. From propulsion to energy management, as well as materials and onboard waste treatment systems, Blue Shark integrates around 20 promising environmental innovations, adeptly tackling challenges without sacrificing combat dominance.
Naval Group specialists have thoroughly assessed the vessel’s environmental impact from its design through its entire lifecycle. It achieves a reduction in CO2 emissions by at least 50% compared to existing frigates. Blue Shark demonstrates that optimal combat capabilities can coexist with environmental stewardship. Naval Group’s goal is to weave environmental concerns into a foundation for groundbreaking innovations with significant potential for its clientele.
Key Features:
- – 160 m long
- – Maximum width of 37 meters
- – 5,500 tons
