Maritime Delivery–Enabled Resupply Operations

Overcoming Shoreline Barriers with Autonomous Ship-to-Shore Logistics

Accessing forward positions from the sea is often constrained by terrain, enemy observation, or the lack of viable landing zones. MGI Defence’s hybrid resupply solution, combining the SeaGlide autonomous surface vessel with the R10 heavy-lift UAV, enables precision ship-to-shore logistics — even in the most inaccessible coastal environments.

This modular system bypasses conventional port infrastructure and delivers vital supplies directly to inland or elevated positions — such as cliff bases, island interiors, or contested shorelines — without requiring manned intervention.

SeaGlide: Maritime Access with Minimal Signature

The SeaGlide is a long-endurance, low-signature USV engineered to navigate ocean, coastal, and inland waterways autonomously. It acts as a mobile maritime launch platform for heavy-lift UAVs, carrying the R10 securely within its internal bay or mounted payload frame.

Key Advantages:

• Approaches unprepared or inaccessible shorelines

• Launches UAVs within range of inland targets

• Operates autonomously or semi-autonomously in denied environments

• Enables stand-off launch to avoid detection or engagement

This platform is especially suited for covert resupply missions, where stealth, unpredictability, and flexibility are key.

R10: Ship-to-Shore and Beyond

Once SeaGlide reaches its deployment zone, the R10 heavy-lift cargo drone launches vertically or from an angled mount, carrying critical supplies over the final stretch — flying beyond cliffs, over forests, or into ravines that are otherwise unreachable by sea or land.

Payload and Performance:

• High-capacity delivery of mission-critical cargo

• Autonomous routing around terrain or threat zones

• GPS-independent navigation modes for denied areas

• Payload options: ammunition, medical supplies, comms kits, water, batteries

Whether supporting dismounted infantry, isolated forward observers, or special operations units, the R10 completes the last-mile delivery with speed and precision.

Flexible, Covert, Mission-Tailored Logistics

This maritime-to-air integration enables:

• Resupply of coastal positions with no viable landing site

• Covert delivery to concealed units beyond shoreline ridgelines

• Over-the-horizon support in littoral zones and archipelagos

• Autonomous launch and delivery with no radio comms or GPS dependency

It reduces the need for helicopter insertions or vulnerable surface craft — and eliminates the risk of exposing manned logistics teams in hostile terrain.

Learn More

Visit the SeaGlide and R10 platform pages to explore specifications — or contact MGI Defence to discuss a mission-configurable maritime resupply solution.