Top 7 Military Unmanned Marine Surface Vehicle startups
Oct 18, 2025 | By Bruce Makowsky  | 27  | 
These companies create USVs for marine strikes, surveillance, reconnaissance, mine countermeasures and logistics support.
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Country: USA | Funding: $97.2M
HavocAI is an artificial intelligence company that offers maritime autonomy solutions to the defense and commercial markets.
HavocAI is an artificial intelligence company that offers maritime autonomy solutions to the defense and commercial markets.
2
Country: USA | Funding: $845M
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.
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.
3
Country: Taiwan
Thunder Tiger manufactures and sells radio controled air, underwater and surface drones.
Thunder Tiger manufactures and sells radio controled air, underwater and surface drones.
4
Country: India
Sagar Defence Engineering provides new innovations and complete Unmanned Marine Vehicles solutions in commercial and defence sector.
Sagar Defence Engineering provides new innovations and complete Unmanned Marine Vehicles solutions in commercial and defence sector.
5
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.
SEABAT is developing a modular full electric maritime hybrid battery concept to substantially reduce the costs of large waterborne battery systems for over 1MWh.
6
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
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
7
Country: USA
Scientific Systems develops superior navigation, mission planning, and AI-enabled autonomy systems for the aerospace and defense industries.
Scientific Systems develops superior navigation, mission planning, and AI-enabled autonomy systems for the aerospace and defense industries.
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