Built to take your instrument
The payload bay is designed for integration work, so a sensor your team already trusts can go to sea rather than being replaced.
Modular Platform
ModCat
Reconfigurable catamaran platform for custom sonar, sampling and sensor payloads.
Overview
Built for the job, not the brochure
ModCat is the platform for teams who already know what they want to measure. Rather than fixing one payload into one hull, it treats the catamaran as a carrier: a stable, reconfigurable deck that accepts sonar, sampling gear and third-party sensors. It is the vessel we most often build on for research groups and institutional labs with instruments of their own.
Specification
Platform summary
Detailed specifications are issued per configuration — payload selection drives most of the numbers that matter.
| Platform | Modular catamaran |
|---|---|
| Deck | Reconfigurable payload bay |
| Payloads | Sonar, sampling, third-party sensors |
| Mast | Camera and antenna mounting |
| Control | Remotely operated |
| Typical use | Research, survey, custom missions |
Need a full specification sheet?
Configurations vary by payload, water body and survey requirement. Tell us your site and we will send the specification that actually applies to it.
Why It Works
What this platform is good at
One hull, several missions
Reconfiguring between survey, sampling and inspection roles avoids buying and maintaining a separate vessel for each.
A stable sensor platform
Twin hulls give the steady, predictable attitude that sensitive instruments need to produce data worth processing.
Integration support included
We do the mechanical, power and data integration ourselves, so the payload arrives working rather than merely mounted.
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View platformSee it on your own water
We run demonstrations on the customer’s own site so you can judge the platform against the conditions you actually work in.