Point of Contact:
Kate Shirley
Office of Naval Research
Corporate Communications Office
Phone: 703-696-0738
Fax: 703-696-5940
E-mail: onrpao@onr.navy.mil

Arlington , Va -- The Office of Naval Research (ONR) invites the media to tour and ride the Sea Flyer, a 160-foot, 320-ton technology demonstrator vessel whose underwater “lifting body” technology provides an extremely stable high-speed ride, even in rough seas. Navatek, Ltd, of Hawaii designed the technology and modified an existing vessel to evaluate the sea keeping and load carrying capacity of a vessel with an underwater lifting body. 

As the vessel’s speed increases, a portion of the hull is lifted above the water’s surface allowing it to reach higher speeds and seemingly “fly” over/through the water. When the vessel is "flying", Navatek's Advanced Ride Control System, incorporated in the underwater lifting body and underwater aft crossfoil, provides the stable ride.

*Interested media must contact ONR to reserve a space on the vessel. High resolution images of Sea Flyer are available for download at www.onr.navy.mil/media in the image gallery. B-roll is available in DVD-format is available upon request.

San Diego Schedule:
Departing from Southwest Marine

• Friday, October 1
  • 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
• Saturday, October 2
  • 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. – Sea Flyer will participate in the San Diego Sea ’n Air Parade
• Sunday, October 3
  • 8 a.m. to noon
  • 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

• Friday, October 8
  • 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
• Saturday, October 9
  • 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. – Sea Flyer will participate in the San Francisco Parade of Ships
• Sunday, October 10
  • 8 a.m. to noon
  • 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.