I wanted to introduce this company and its Reconfigurable Integrated weapons Platform (RIwP) because I think it is the type of weapon system the Coast Guard needs to meet current and future threats, including countering unmanned systems, as the primary weapon on buoy tenders, ice breakers, and Webber class, and as a secondary mount on NSCs and OPCs.

This is the Reconfigurable Integrated-Weapons Platform (RIwP) mounted on a 39 foot long Unmanned Surface Vessel. This version includes launchers for four Stinger missiles, eight APKWS, and a 30mm M230 that can fire air burst munitions. 

There are actually two versions,

• Standard RIwP: Built with armored steel, weighs approximately 2,500 lbs, hosts a 30mm cannon (with 115 rounds), and integrates with vehicles like the Stryker (used in the U.S. Army’s M-SHORAD Increment 1 / SGT Stout program), M-ATV, and AMPV.

• Lightweight RIwP (LW RIwP) / Mr. Sled: An aluminum-based platform weighing under 950–1,070 lbs that fits lighter vehicles like the Infantry Squad Vehicle (ISV) to meet U.S. Army M-SHORAD Increment 4 requirements for defeating Group 1 through 4 unmanned aerial systems (UAS).

They are both platform and payload agnostic.

Payloads can be changed in minutes with organic maintenance personnel and minimal lift capability.

They are reconfigurable meaning both sensors and weapons can be changed or upgraded. The two arms can each hold either two loitering munitions, two Hellfire/JAGM, four stingers, or eight APKWS. It can also mount 7.62 mm in addition to a 30mm machine gun.