Kraken Robotics has confirmed new purchase orders worth around $12 million for its synthetic aperture sonar (SAS) and subsea battery technologies.
The orders for Kraken SAS, KATFISH™ towed SAS spares and SeaPower™ batteries have been placed by organisations such as Teledyne Marine, Terradepth and two NATO member navies.
“As we near the end of the calendar year, we are seeing many expected orders coming through before budgets reset, including two new SeaPower battery customers,” said Greg Reid, president and CEO of Kraken Robotics. “Clients are from both defence and commercial organisations, highlighting how Kraken’s dual-use technology is critical across a variety of applications, from maritime security to offshore energy.”
Teledyne Marine has ordered both Kraken SAS and SeaPower batteries, which will be fitted to its Gavia and SeaRaptor autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) for undisclosed clients. Terradepth will deploy Kraken SAS within its Absolute Ocean operating system, which collates ocean data for US military and commercial operators. Integration on Terradepth’s self-recharging AUV provides scaled autonomous survey capabilities for government and offshore energy customers.
Kraken SAS and SeaPower batteries are designed to be platform agnostic, enabling integration across a wide range of AUVs, from compact man-portable systems to extra-large uncrewed underwater vehicles (XLUUVs).
