Verified Events
DateTypeCompanyHeadlineSegment
MARTAC adds SEA.AI machine vision to USV sensor architecture
- Onboard AI classifies contacts and reports object type, heading and proximity in real time rather than sending only raw camera footage.
- The visual intelligence complements radar and AIS, including contacts that do not broadcast an AIS identity.
OPT PowerBuoy Mini selected for U.S. government evaluation
- The baseline combines 1.6 kW solar generation, one wind turbine and 28 kWh of energy storage.
- Remote control, diagnostics, communications and configurable payload interfaces support offshore assessment.
- Participation is an evaluation selection, with no contract award, procurement decision or government endorsement.
Ocean Power Technologies receives Naval Postgraduate School order for WAM-V 8
- NPS CRUSER researchers plan to integrate atmospheric and electro-optical instrumentation on the compact, shallow-draft platform.
- The order extends a relationship that already includes an OPT PowerBuoy deployed in Monterey Bay for oceanographic and maritime-sensing research.
VideoRay selected for AEVEX-led Navy mine-countermeasure prototype
- The Defender launched and recovered autonomously from an unmanned surface vessel, with operators supervising from a ground control station.
- Trials covered target investigation, simulated neutralisation and post-action assessment, alongside autonomous vessel transit and stationkeeping.
- The selection followed a Navy and Defense Innovation Unit challenge in which BlackSea, now AEVEX Maritime Systems, was one of three prize winners.
Greensea IQ Bayonet 150 completes offshore launch from modified WAM-V 16
- OPT modified the WAM-V 16 to transport the 300-pound crawler and release its umbilical remotely.
- After separation, the crawler travelled from the offshore release point to shore under Greensea IQ's control system.
- The test focused on transport, launch and safe separation between the two vehicles.
MRV Systems joins shared $51.2 million U.S. Navy IDIQ and receives first task order
- The $51.2 million ceiling is shared across the three awardees; task orders are competed and the framework guarantees no minimum order volume or revenue.
- MRV is also working with the Navy on air-deployment certification for a next-generation float.
- The company joined General Oceans in April 2026 and supplies scientific floats to the global Argo programme.
Nauticus Robotics signs non-binding strategic equity LOI
- The proposed investment is intended to support the company’s short- and long-term commercial objectives in autonomous subsea robotics.
- The board is evaluating the proposal and may engage an independent financial adviser.
- The investor has no binding funding obligation; due diligence, definitive agreements, approvals and closing conditions remain.