Last week Steller Systems successfully trialed its innovative Inflatable Launch & Recovery System (ILARS) on the Hunt Class mine countermeasures vessel HMS Ledbury, deploying a REMUS 300 Unmanned Underwater Vehicle.
ILARS represents a unique, payload-agnostic solution capable of launching and recovering a wide range of Unmanned Surface and Underwater Vehicles (USVs and UUVs), whilst prioritising operator safety by minimising the need for personnel in the water. Its simple, lightweight, and cost-effective design can be easily scaled for various payload requirements. Additionally, ILARS’s inflatable construction offers exceptional protection to both payload and host vessel, providing an efficient and reliable solution for advanced naval operations.
Steller Systems has just completed a major project for one of our key UK clients, leveraging our cutting-edge Design Accelerator process. In just ten days (and a few late nights), our team transformed a set of ambitious ideas and requirements into a full concept design – including a bespoke hull, innovative superstructure, 3D General Arrangement, and detailed external renders – all ready for their stakeholder presentation.
Have a concept or design in mind that needs fast-tracking? Steller Systems’ Design Accelerator process can help transform your vision into reality, fast. Please contact us to find out more.
It was great to see one of our HullTune®-optimised hulls being tank tested at the Wolfson Unit at the University of Southampton recently. It’s always satisfying to see a design go from a concept on a screen to a physical model, and to validate the remarkable enhancements in resistance reduction and seakeeping performance achieved by our innovative HullTune® technology.
HullTune®, developed by Steller Systems’ team of naval architects, harnesses the power of Deep Learning Technology to optimise hull forms, ensuring that they are perfectly tailored to each vessel’s unique operating requirements. This cutting-edge approach not only enhances seakeeping and performance but also contributes to substantial reductions in running costs, build costs and environmental impact.
One by one, we’re making hulls more efficient with HullTune®. To learn more about how HullTune® can optimise your vessel’s performance, please contact us.
Steller Systems is excited to announce the addition of two talented Graduate Naval Architects to our team this week.
Ben Hampden Smith joins us after completing his degree in Marine Technology and Marine Engineering at Newcastle University. A passionate sailor, Ben brings with him an impressive 45 weeks’ experience crewing on yachts.
John Rotter also joins us from Newcastle University where he recently completed the MSc course in Naval Architecture. John comes to us with a solid foundation in the marine sector, having undertaken several internships.
We are thrilled to have both John and Ben on board and look forward to the contributions they will make as part of the Steller Systems family. Welcome to the team John & Ben!
As the end of summer approaches, we bid farewell to our talented summer interns, Samuel Bradford and James Baines.
James Baines has been working with our team in Hamble to develop a fully parametric model of a twisted rudder that can be analysed with CFD and FEA and be utilised by our in-house Deep Learning design optimisation techniques. James has also conducted structural assessments and CAD modelling tasks, and has completed a comprehensive study into USVs. James is currently studying Ship Science at the University of Southampton.
Meanwhile Sam Bradford, currently studying Mechanical Engineering at Durham University, has designed and constructed a model of our Frigate design, SPARTAN, utilising our in-house 3D printing facility. Working with our team in Gloucestershire, Sam has also made valuable contributions to other active projects, including conducting research on unmanned vessels and supporting a project to optimise a transatlantic rowing vessel.
It has been a pleasure having both Sam and James with us, and we are proud to have supported their professional growth and development. We wish them the best of luck with the remainder of their studies!