Top 8 Military Unmanned Marine Surface Vehicle startups

Updated: Mar 10, 2026
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These companies create USVs for marine strikes, surveillance, reconnaissance, mine countermeasures and logistics support.
1
Saronic Technologies
Country: USA | Funding: $845.5M
Saronic is building cutting-edge unmanned surface vehicles that enable maritime security and domain awareness by combining best-in-class hardware, software and artificial intelligence into one scalable, fully integrated platform.
2
UForce
Country: Ukraine | Funding: $50M
UForce produces Magura unmanned boats, which have engaged more than a dozen warships and participated in hundreds of missions - from area denial to launching strike groups, underwater reconnaissance and supply. They boast high autonomy and are resistant to electronic warfare. The company also produces the Nemesis - reusable heavy UAV for bombing, reconnaissance, surveillance, communications relay and electronic warfare; LIUT - reconnaissance and combat unmanned ground vehicle capable of engaging ground and air targets at ranges of up to 2 km; integrated anti-UAV defense system capable of engaging targets; and C2 platform for command and control of combat operations.
3
HavocAI
Country: USA | Funding: $97.2M
HavocAI is an artificial intelligence company that offers maritime autonomy solutions to the defense and commercial markets.
4
Thunder Tiger
Country: Taiwan
Thunder Tiger manufactures and sells radio controled air, underwater and surface drones.
5
Sagar Defence Engineering
Country: India
Sagar Defence Engineering provides new innovations and complete Unmanned Marine Vehicles solutions in commercial and defence sector.
6
SEABAT
Country: Denmark
SEABAT is developing a modular full electric maritime hybrid battery concept to substantially reduce the costs of large waterborne battery systems for over 1MWh.
7
Zero USV
Country: UK
ZeroUSV designs, builds and operates a fleet of autonomous USVs - the Oceanus12 class which have been designed and engineered from the ground up for over-the-horizon missions
8
Scientific Systems
Country: USA
Scientific Systems develops superior navigation, mission planning, and AI-enabled autonomy systems for the aerospace and defense industries.
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