{"id":"09a8c260-9de9-4692-a0cb-ebdce911bef1","companyId":"8bb7b976-0316-4f53-ae26-a75f55e10470","modelName":"ASView / C-Worker","slug":"l3harris-asview","description":"L3Harris (NYSE: LHX), a legacy US defense prime, makes the ASView uncrewed-surface-vessel autonomy control system and the C-Worker class of autonomous surface vehicles, recorded in the maritime form factor with the entity scoped to the ASView system and C-Worker vessels rather than the broader L3Harris corporation, the same discipline applied to Kongsberg's HUGIN and Exail's DriX of recording the vehicle rather than the parent conglomerate. ASView has been in development since 2008 and deployed on more than 150 vessels, the C-Worker 4 and C-Worker 5 serve survey, defense, and offshore roles, and a 2023 teaming with BigBear.ai added AI capabilities. An entity-resolution correction is load-bearing: the premise that Wartsila acquired ASV Global is wrong, since ASV Global was acquired by L3 Technologies on September 20, 2018, becoming L3 ASV and then L3Harris after the 2019 L3-Harris merger, with no Wartsila acquisition of ASV Global, so the registry records it under L3Harris and not as ASV Global or Wartsila. The registry records it at commercial maturity as the legacy-prime new-defense surface entry that parallels Leidos, both US legacy defense contractors entering autonomous surface naval against new-defense entrants such as Anduril and Saronic. Its current customer roster and specific naval program assignments are not enumerated given limited legacy-prime defense disclosure, and the more-than-150-vessels figure is the ASView platform figure as vendor-stated.","formFactor":"maritime","maturityStage":"commercial","lifecycleState":"active","supersededByModelId":null,"specs":{"notes":[{"label":"Verified","value":"L3Harris (NYSE: LHX; legacy US defense prime) makes the ASView USV autonomy control system + the C-Worker class of autonomous surface vehicles. ASView has been in development since 2008 and deployed on 150+ vessels. maturity=commercial. The LEGACY-PRIME new-defense surface entry that PARALLELS Leidos (Wave 2) - both US legacy defense contractors entering autonomous surface naval (vs new-defense Anduril/Saronic)."},{"label":"CORRECTION (entity-resolution: L3Harris, NOT Wartsila)","value":"The 'Wartsila acquired ASV Global' premise is WRONG: ASV Global was acquired by L3 TECHNOLOGIES on Sept 20 2018 (became 'L3 ASV', then L3Harris after the 2019 L3-Harris merger). No Wartsila acquisition of ASV Global - a conflation (Wartsila has a separate marine-autonomy line). Record under L3Harris."},{"label":"Entity-scoping discipline","value":"Scope the registry entity to the ASView autonomy system + C-Worker vessel class (the product/vehicle), NOT the broader L3Harris corporation - same discipline as Kongsberg HUGIN + Exail DriX (vehicle not parent corp for legacy conglomerates). Do NOT register 'ASV Global' or 'Wartsila' as the current entity."},{"label":"Cap-flag","value":"Current customer roster + specific naval program assignments not enumerated here (legacy-prime defense disclosure is limited; treat any named-program claims as requiring primary-source confirmation). The '150+ vessels' is the ASView-platform figure (vendor-stated)."}],"specs":"ASView: autonomy control system for USVs (in development since 2008; deployed on 150+ vessels) - the autonomy stack. C-Worker class: C-Worker 4 / C-Worker 5 autonomous surface vehicles (survey, defense, offshore). 2023 BigBear.ai teaming for AI. Entity: maker = L3Harris (NYSE: LHX); origin = ASV Global, acquired by L3 Technologies Sept 20 2018 (became L3 ASV, then L3Harris after the 2019 L3-Harris merger).","formFactor":"maritime (autonomous SURFACE vessel + autonomy-system; commercial survey + defense)"},"manufacturerSerial":null,"reviewStatus":"reviewed","sources":[{"url":"https://www.l3harris.com/all-capabilities/asview-control-system","title":"L3Harris ASView control system (USV autonomy stack; deployed on 150+ vessels since 2008)","sourceName":"L3Harris (official)"},{"url":"https://www.unmannedsystemstechnology.com/2018/09/l3-acquires-asv-global/","title":"L3 Technologies acquires ASV Global (Sept 20 2018; became L3 ASV -> L3Harris)","sourceName":"Unmanned Systems Technology"},{"url":"https://www.l3harris.com/all-capabilities/c-worker-autonomous-surface-vehicles","title":"L3Harris C-Worker autonomous surface vehicles (C-Worker 4 / C-Worker 5 ASVs)","sourceName":"L3Harris (official)"}],"aliases":["L3Harris ASView","C-Worker","C-Worker 5","ASV Global"],"collisionRisk":"low","reviewNote":null,"manufacturerTermForTeleop":null,"createdAt":"2026-06-03T23:14:50.558Z","updatedAt":"2026-06-03T23:14:50.558Z","jsonLd":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Product","@id":"https://registry.deploy.report/models/l3harris-asview","url":"https://registry.deploy.report/models/l3harris-asview","name":"ASView / C-Worker","alternateName":["L3Harris ASView","C-Worker","C-Worker 5","ASV Global"],"description":"L3Harris (NYSE: LHX), a legacy US defense prime, makes the ASView uncrewed-surface-vessel autonomy control system and the C-Worker class of autonomous surface vehicles, recorded in the maritime form factor with the entity scoped to the ASView system and C-Worker vessels rather than the broader L3Harris corporation, the same discipline applied to Kongsberg's HUGIN and Exail's DriX of recording the vehicle rather than the parent conglomerate. ASView has been in development since 2008 and deployed on more than 150 vessels, the C-Worker 4 and C-Worker 5 serve survey, defense, and offshore roles, and a 2023 teaming with BigBear.ai added AI capabilities. An entity-resolution correction is load-bearing: the premise that Wartsila acquired ASV Global is wrong, since ASV Global was acquired by L3 Technologies on September 20, 2018, becoming L3 ASV and then L3Harris after the 2019 L3-Harris merger, with no Wartsila acquisition of ASV Global, so the registry records it under L3Harris and not as ASV Global or Wartsila. The registry records it at commercial maturity as the legacy-prime new-defense surface entry that parallels Leidos, both US legacy defense contractors entering autonomous surface naval against new-defense entrants such as Anduril and Saronic. Its current customer roster and specific naval program assignments are not enumerated given limited legacy-prime defense disclosure, and the more-than-150-vessels figure is the ASView platform figure as vendor-stated.","identifier":"09a8c260-9de9-4692-a0cb-ebdce911bef1","category":"maritime","publisher":{"@id":"https://deploy.report/#organization"}}}