SeaTrac Systems Launches Open Solar-powered USV - 15/12/2020 SeaTrac Systems has announced that the SP-48 is now commercially available. The SeaTrac SP-48 is a persistent Uncrewed Surface Vehicle (USV) designed for users who require a flexible data gathering and communications platform that adapts to a wide variety of operational scenarios and payloads. The solar-powered, 4.8-metre SP-48 offers greater power, payload capacity and performance over current systems for commercial, scientific and defence applications. “Increasingly, customers’ missions are growing in complexity, requiring a range of sensors, and they’re looking for less costly, less resource-intensive and more flexible solutions to carry out a variety of tasks simultaneously in the challenging ocean environment,” said Buddy Duncan, co-founder of SeaTrac Systems. “SeaTrac’s customizable USVs offer a simple, cost-effective and open platform to perform the dangerous, dull and dirty work with greater efficiency over current methods.”