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Blue Water Autonomy

Defense marketmarinesecurityCurated record

Technology and shipbuilding company founded by US Navy veterans and ex-Amazon Robotics/iRobot leaders designing highly producible full-sized autonomous unmanned ships (~100-190 ft class) for the US Navy; team includes shipbuilders behind 30+ Navy ships and DARPA's fully autonomous NOMARS. Conrad Shipyard production agreement (Sept 2025); first long-range full-sized autonomous ship slated for launch in 2026. No Navy production contract yet, hence early tier.

HeadquartersLexington, US

Founded2024

Defense funding$64M

Team1-10

Deployments1

Open roles0

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Company overview

Identity and operating footprint

Company typeRobot maker

Market segmentDefense

StageSeries A

FoundersRylan Hamilton (CEO), Austin Gray, Scott Miller

Regions servedNorth America

Countries deployedNot listed

Service footprintNot listed

Last reviewed2026-07-05

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Robot models

Specifications remain vendor-claimed

Machinemarine

Full-size autonomous ship (unnamed class)

Long-range, full-sized autonomous unmanned ship moving from prototype to production for the US Navy market; first vessel to launch in 2026
press-reported development status
Claim source

DP

Deployment log

Announced and cited only

Announced	Customer	Site	Country	Count	Evidence
2026-07-30	U.S. Navy / Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO)	Long-endurance USV ocean floor mapping services; part of 6-vendor $40M IDIQ; operational task orders in Indian Ocean and Pacific Basins starting Aug 2026	US	Not disclosed	Announcement

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Funding history

Publicly announced rounds

2025-08-26$50M

Series A

GV, Eclipse Ventures

2025-04-11$14M

Seed

Eclipse Ventures, Riot Ventures, Impatient Ventures

Investors on recordGVEclipse VenturesRiot VenturesImpatient Ventures

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Company timeline

Milestones and announcements

2026-02-15A crowded field of robot boat makers vying for the Navy's attention ↗Defense One

2025-09-15USV production agreement signed with Conrad ShipyardBreaking Defense

2025-04-11Emerges from stealth with $14M seed to develop uncrewed ships for the US NavyTechCrunch

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Source ledger

4 unique public sources

Exclusive: Blue Water Autonomy raises GV-led $50 million Series A to build unmanned shipsFortune · retrieved 2026-07-05

Blue Water Autonomy comes out of stealth promising autonomous naval shipsTechCrunch · retrieved 2026-07-05

DoD contract announcements (NAVOCEANO USV ocean-mapping IDIQ)war.gov · retrieved 2026-08-01

Maritime tech startup Blue Water Autonomy, Conrad Shipyard sign deal for USV productionBreaking Defense · retrieved 2026-07-05