Build Options 

The FBS has a central chassis to which items are mounted and the final sea-frame configured. This feature, in combination with the FBS’s 3,000 lb. variable cargo capacity and electrical thru-hull cabin penetrations, offers a wide variety of options that can be easily incorporated into your FBS build. The cost to provide these options are addressed on a case by case basis.

Surface Hull Options

  • Standard V-Hull or V/W hull (a V-shaped bow that blends into a W-hull for shallower draft applications)

  • Build materials can vary

Single Cabin Options

  • Steel Cabin for 1,200' depth capability (with a safety factor of 1X)

  • Retail Configuration: Comfortable accommodations for pilot and four passengers (two couples)

  • SOF Configuration I: Seats a pilot and nine personnel (if utilizing military style seating arrangement)

  • SRI Configuration: Seating for a pilot and a systems operations officer. Remainder of the space used for alternating sleeping birth and marine sanitation device

Two Cabin Configuration Options

  • Configuration I: Forward cabin seats pilot; separate rear cabin seats crew and can be flooded for crew egress and decompression

  • Configuration II: Forward cabin seats pilot; separate rear cabin used to carry 200 cubic feet of supplies and / or gear

  • Configuration III: Forward cabin seats pilot and Co-pilot; Rear cabin used for crew or gear

Miscellaneous Options

  • Increased battery capacity

  • Rear deck seating for recreational buyers

  • Rear deck/side deck outfitting for Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) deployment, cargo, or other equipment

  • Engine snorkel for diesel powered semi-submerged propulsion and semi-submerged recharge capabilities

  • 6 function manipulators (arms)

  • Additional cameras

  • Additional dive air

  • Additional fuel

  • Through-hull power, control, and communications connectivity for optional sensors/tools/equipment

  • Latest Capability Optical Video & Digital Stills Cameras plus LED lighting arrays

  • Long-range/high precision imaging multibeam sonar

  • Fiber optic or optical modem data link to surface for real-time video and data communications back to shore or ship-based operations center

  • Secure broadband wireless or satellite communications link

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