35M FPV (Fast Patrol Vessel)

Swiftships' 35m Fast Patrol Vessel belongs to a class of small naval craft intended for coastal patrol, interdiction, and maritime security. The design has been offered to U.S. partners and export customers, including Iraq and Bahrain-linked programs. Its value lies in delivering patrol capacity quickly for navies that must police littoral waters rather than operate blue-water combatants.

The 35M FPV is designed around speed, crew endurance, and ease of maintenance. It can be configured for patrol weapons, communications, boarding support, and coastal surveillance equipment. The design does not try to be a missile corvette; it is optimized for presence, interception, and routine naval security work.

For smaller navies, patrol craft often perform the most frequent missions: harbor approaches, oil infrastructure security, territorial-water patrols, and search or interdiction. Swiftships highlights a broad build record for its FPV line, showing how standardized small combatants can be exported and supported at scale. The platform's significance is everyday maritime control rather than fleet battle.