Incat has been the world leader in the production of High Speed Vessels (HSV) for commercial application since pioneering the fast ferry design in 1990. Since then the company has exported over forty (40) vessels of over 70 metres (220ft) in length, representing almost 40% of total vehicle-passenger high speed ferries over 74 metres in length. In deadweight terms Incat has built 60% of the world’s high speed ferries with capacity over 750 tonnes. In 2001, the Bollinger / Incat USA partnership was established enabling it to respond to the growing enthusiasm to embrace this high speed technology. Since that time Bollinger / Incat has delivered three high speed craft to the US military. Today, Incat is planning for the future with the delivery of our larger capacity 112 metre (369ft) HSV. The vessel will provide high deadweight capacities and payload abilities significantly enhancing current capacities and operating capabilities, lifting the utilisation of such vessels for a broader range of military missions. With innovation such as this standard in Incat’s strive for development in HSV technology, we are proud to be at the forefront of High Speed Vessel construction for the military of the future. Three vessels with the US Military, each with a fully trained military crew and active in the War against Terrorism and in ongoing humanitarian aid roles, demonstrate the superior capabilities of Incat vessels. HSV 2 Swift, HSV 1 Joint Venture and TSV 1X Spearhead have operated worldwide in various roles with the data collected being used by the RAND Corp. to aid the services in determining an operational concept for the JHSV. In particular HSV 2 Swift has been evaluated in risk-mitigation trials in support of the Littoral Combat Ship and JHSV programs. Sea-keeping, structural and propulsion performance were among the qualities evaluated. The vessel also was used to evaluate mission module interfaces for such equipment such as the Remote Minehunting System. The Navy has taken advantage of the lessons learned from Joint Venture and the Army’s high-speed theatre support vessel Spearhead. The Bollinger / Incat team incorporated more than 75 enhancements in Swift during construction, and demonstrated unusual flexibility and a strong desire to meet the Navy’s needs. It took only ten months from contract award to ship delivery — record time for putting to sea a truly transformational ship. Swift has taken part in two disaster relief operations, supporting Operation Unified Assistance for Indian Ocean tsunami survivors in January 2005 and the relief effort for U.S. Gulf Coast areas stricken later that year by Hurricane Katrina. Swift’s shallow draft enabled it to carry relief supplies into ports rendered inaccessible to larger ships. As part of their normal working routine, the three Incat vessels served the roughest routes in the world on a year round basis; from 65 degrees North Latitude to 45 degrees South Latitude, including conditions as harsh as the Persian Gulf. No other HSV has yet matched that ability.