Naval design and engineering office

Who are we ?

SEAir Solutions is a naval design and engineering company

A STRONG EXPERTISE IN THE DESIGN AND MANUFACTURE OF HYDROFOIL SYSTEMS

Since 2016, SEAir Solutions has built up extensive and proven expertise:

Almost 20 boats sold worldwide
Sailing on the high seas

Validation of our R&D through an extensive number of sea trials. Our innovative hydrofoil systems are built to be robust and user-friendly. Each system is custom design according to specification and usage, in collaboration with your boat builder, naval architect, project manager, etc.

We offer our clients a turnkey solution: from design and manufacture to sea trials, commissioning, and maintenance.

A fine-tuned combination of five skills mastered by our team of experts to achieve high-performance in-flight mode:

Conception & design of hydrofoils profiles:
Numerical simulation: seakeeping and flight:
Hydrofoils retractability if required:
Automated flight control:
Hydrofoil systems manufacturing:

Speed
Sea Performance
Simple and Safe usage
Stability and Safety
Equipment supply

WATERBORNE BOATS: A SUSTAINABLE SOLUTION FOR NEW-GENERATION VESSELS TO SKIM THE WAVES IN COMPLETE SAFETY

Hydrofoils lift the boat, allowing a drastic reduction of the drag and wake. The key benefits are:

Energy saving thanks to lower power consumption, resulting in reduced carbon emissions
Increased speed, also helping to cut CO2 emissions as the time at sea is reduced
Enhanced comfort and stability, improving passenger experience

Our hydrofoil systems can be integrated regardless of the power supply: conventional, hybrid diesel electric, full electric, etc.

Passenger Transport

BE IDENTIFIED AS THE SUSTAINABLE LEADING-EDGE MARITIME COMPANY

Hydrofoil systems provide key benefits for operators
and passengers:

Greater energy efficiency
Carbon footprint reduction
Greater average speed
Outstanding comfort
Safer
Innovative, positive and leadership image

We offer to our clients complete support throughout the process, from preliminary design to detailed design phases, manufacture and sea trials to commissioning and beyond.

When designing a flying boat, all manufacturing processes and equipment that improve sustainability are carefully considered:

Eco-sourced materials
New-generation production processes (e.g. 3D printing)
Electronic device offering real-time consumption measurements coupled with software providing shore-based consumption analyses
Solar panels

EXAMPLES OF 2 LEADING PROJECTS:

CTV ZEST FOR LOUIS DREYFUS ARMATEUR

Zero emission Catamaran of 27m
25 kts
30 passengers
Payload 10T
Fixed foils
Skimming navigation

DAILY MARITIME TRANSPORT OF 18M
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MAURIC (NAVAL ARCHITECT)

Zero emission Catamaran of 27m
25 kts
30 passengers
Payload 10T
Fixed foils
Skimming navigation

Commercial

MORE EFFICIENCY IN TERMS OF FOOTPRINT AND OPERATIONAL COSTS

Hydrofoil systems provide key benefits:

Increase average speed by at least 30%: reach your destination faster
Save up to 50% fuel: Increase your range at sea and reduce your energy bill significantly
Shock-absorbing: reduce injuries and improve staff’s cognitive abilities

SEAir can design fully customised Flying Boats (RIB or Rigid Hull):

Easy to pilot with automatic flight control
Light and quick to launch
Easy docking, easy mooring quayside
Easy beaching for RIB
Trailer transport for small boats

Examples of projects:

Versatile Flying RIB:
➜ 8m/40 kts/Outboard engine/6 to 8 operators/retractable hydrofoils/
automatic flight system management
➜ Variation: Flying USV mothership to enhance the tactical projection of a highly specialised USV, UAV or other equipment
10m: under development, with outboard engine
12m: under development, with electric pod fixed on the hydrofoils for hybrid configuration

Clients categories: Professional, Passenger Transfers, Safety, Survey, NGO, Defence, Yachting

Defence

HYDROFOILS BOATS: MAXIMISE YOUR CAPACITIES TO SUCCEED IN YOUR MISSIONS

Stealth - Speed – Extended range – Shock Mitigation

With hydrofoils boats:

Enhance your stealth capabilities as:
➜ No more wake on the rear of the boat
➜ Silent approach (hybrid propulsion for an approach to the targeted zone)
Reach your target at least 30% faster
Reduce your fuel consumption and thus increase your range by 40%
Improve the cognitive abilities of staff and reduce injuries thanks to shock mitigation

Our team works closely with an Admiral Defence Adviser, a former Commander of Special Forces. He assists us to ensure that the systems we design meet the demanding operational requirements of the defence sector, such as:

Easy docking, easy mooring quayside
Amphibious ship launch-recovery capability
Low radar signature
Sober and time-limited communications for electromagnetic discretion
Etc.

Our completed and current projects include retractable hydrofoils to ensure the versatility of your missions:

Flying RIB (8m): with outboard engine
Flying USV (8m): unmanned version of the Flying RIB with multidrone
cooperation capabilities: USV, UUV or UAV
TRANSFLYTOR (20m): a fast vessel for long range missions
ARROW (12m): a fast boat, in a standard or USV version, fully covered for
➜ Sea strike operations
➜ Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (with embedded
unmanned vehicles)
➜ Electronic warfare operations
Pre-study for a 20m and a 40m vessels under development